Snow-Sweeping Powder，From *Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Methods*, Volume 4.，Wax-pear sores, alopecia.
Snow-Sweeping Powder
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Formulas Name : Snow-Sweeping Powder
Chinese Name : 扫雪散
Drug Formulation
Soap made from a single seed (split open, remove the seed, and fill with sugar), croton seeds (add 2½ seeds per slice).
Source
From *Complete Collection of Surgical Life-Preserving Methods*, Volume 4.
Processing
Reassemble the soap as before, tie it tightly, wrap it in clay, and calcine it over a fire. Remove it, wash off the clay, grind it into a fine powder, add 8 fen each of mercury oxide and areca nut powder, and grind again.
Benefits
Wax-pear sores, alopecia.
Instructions for Use
After a haircut, wash with boiling lye water, then apply a paste mixed with sesame oil until healed.
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Snow-Sweeping Powder,Wax-pear sores, alopecia.