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Red Boil-Removing Ointment

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Red Boil-Removing Ointment,For carbuncles and unidentified toxic swellings, whether already suppurating or not, and whether already ulcerated or not.

Formulas Name : Red Boil-Removing Ointment

Chinese Name : 拔疔红膏

Drug Formulation

3 qian of silver vermilion (water-washed and sun-dried), 2 qian of castor beans, 5 qian of fresh pine resin, 1 qian of orpiment (sun-dried), and 0.5 fen of mercury oxide.

Source

*New Compilation of Mei’s Proven Formulas*, Volume 7.

Processing

Pound the ingredients into a paste.

Benefits

For carbuncles and unidentified toxic swellings, whether already suppurating or not, and whether already ulcerated or not.

Instructions for Use

Use a silver needle to lance the tip of the boil, then place a small ball of the red ointment in the center of the medicated patch and apply it; the boil will be drawn out immediately. For those who fear pain, lancing is not necessary.

Red Boil-Removing Ointment,*New Compilation of Mei’s Proven Formulas*, Volume 7.,For carbuncles and unidentified toxic swellings, whether already suppurating or not, and whether already ulcerated or not.

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