Silkworm Box Powder，The formula is from Volume 11 of *Qianjin*, and the name appears in *The Medical Collection of Ma Peizhi*.，People in the mountains and countryside are bitten by lice, which grow in the abdomen and form a “lice mass.”
Silkworm Box Powder
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Formulas Name : Silkworm Box Powder
Chinese Name : 蚕奁散
Drug Formulation
One worn-out hair comb and one worn-out hair brush.
Source
The formula is from Volume 11 of *Qianjin*, and the name appears in *The Medical Collection of Ma Peizhi*.
Benefits
People in the mountains and countryside are bitten by lice, which grow in the abdomen and form a “lice mass.”
Instructions for Use
Break each of the two items above into two equal parts; burn one part of each to make a fine powder. Take the remaining part of each and boil it in 5 sheng of water until reduced to 1 sheng. Mix this decoction with the previously prepared powder and take it all at once; the louse will be expelled in a short while.
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Silkworm Box Powder,People in the mountains and countryside are bitten by lice, which grow in the abdomen and form a “lice mass.”