Root-Eliminating Topical Ointment，*Complete Book of Experienced Treatments for Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 1.，For chapped lips that have not healed for a long time. Immediately after cauterization with a gold or silver cautery iron, apply the medicine.
Root-Eliminating Topical Ointment
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Formulas Name : Root-Eliminating Topical Ointment
Chinese Name : 除根搽药
Drug Formulation
Amaranth (shade-dried and burned to ash) 3 qian, copper patina 2 qian, dried alum 2 qian, mercury oxide 1 qian, realgar 1 qian, chicken gizzard lining 2 qian, musk 2 fen, child’s tea 2 qian.
Source
*Complete Book of Experienced Treatments for Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 1.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder.
Benefits
For chapped lips that have not healed for a long time. Immediately after cauterization with a gold or silver cautery iron, apply the medicine.
Instructions for Use
Mix with sesame oil and apply; repeat the next day. Wash the area with licorice decoction, then cauterize again as before until the surface is level. Subsequently, apply the Tissue-Regenerating Powder.
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Root-Eliminating Topical Ointment,For chapped lips that have not healed for a long time. Immediately after cauterization with a gold or silver cautery iron, apply the medicine.