Red Thousand-Pound Paste，From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*.，For boils, sores, and abscesses that have not yet ruptured, or for “eel-head” (??) (a type of furunculous folliculitis).
Red Thousand-Pound Paste
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Formulas Name : Red Thousand-Pound Paste
Chinese Name : 红千捶膏
Drug Formulation
500g fresh colophony, 105g silver vermilion, 300g castor bean pulp, 36g roasted frankincense, 36g roasted myrrh, 2.4g musk.
Source
From *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*.
Processing
First, pound the castor bean pulp until it is pulverized; then add the rosin, frankincense, myrrh, and silver vermilion and pound the mixture over a thousand times. Finally, add the musk (finely ground) and pound until evenly blended into a hard ointment, then store it in a clay jar.
Benefits
For boils, sores, and abscesses that have not yet ruptured, or for “eel-head” (??) (a type of furunculous folliculitis).
Instructions for Use
To use, melt the ointment over a water bath, spread it on thick paper, and apply it to the affected area.
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Red Thousand-Pound Paste,For boils, sores, and abscesses that have not yet ruptured, or for “eel-head” (??) (a type of furunculous folliculitis).