Spirit-Opening Golden Ointment，*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 12.，For contusions and injuries, injuries from donkey kicks or horse falls, boils and abscesses,scrofula, “ghost arrows,” bone abscesses, fistulas, soft boils, eyebrow abscesses, back abscesses, brain abscesses, sores on the feet and knees, chronic malignant sores, leg ulcers, croup, the five types of hemorrhoids, ear discharge, nasal sores, toothaches, and earaches.
Spirit-Opening Golden Ointment
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Formulas Name : Spirit-Opening Golden Ointment
Chinese Name : 通灵黄金膏
Drug Formulation
Wood Fragrance 1 liang, Angelica sinensis (washed, 1 liang; roasted, 1 liang),Golden-haired Dogspine (hairs removed) 1 liang, Fangfeng (root tip removed) 1 liang, Bai Ji 1 liang, Bai Lian 1 liang, Fragrant White Angelica 1 liang, White Atractylodes 1 liang, Frankincense (ground separately) 1 liang, Pine Resin (ground separately) 1 liang, Liquidambar (ground separately) 1 liang, Apricot Kernels (skin and tip removed, ground separately) 1 liang.
Source
*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 12.
Processing
Except for Frankincense, Liquidambar, and Pine Resin, roast all the above ingredients until dry and grind them into a fine powder. Use 3 jin of clear oil; heat it until fully rendered, then let it cool. Soak the herbs in a silver or stone container and simmer over low-to-medium heat for 3 days, maintaining a gentle bubbling like fish eyes. Do not allow it to boil vigorously, as this may impair the medicinal properties. Stop when the Fragrant White Angelica turns yellow;Strain the mixture and transfer it to a clean pot. Add 8 liang of beeswax and 2 liang of finely sifted orpiment. Next, add the ground Liquidambar and Frankincense. Stir continuously with acacia or willow twigs, then simmer over low heat for a short while until the mixture solidifies; it is then ready.
Benefits
For contusions and injuries, injuries from donkey kicks or horse falls, boils and abscesses,scrofula, “ghost arrows,” bone abscesses, fistulas, soft boils, eyebrow abscesses, back abscesses, brain abscesses, sores on the feet and knees, chronic malignant sores, leg ulcers, croup, the five types of hemorrhoids, ear discharge, nasal sores, toothaches, and earaches.
Instructions for Use
First, take half a fen of the ointment, coated with clam powder, and swallow it with warm wine; then apply the medicine to the affected area.For fractures or dislocations, use bamboo splints to realign the affected area, then rub the medication onto it; for patients with laryngeal inflammation who cannot swallow the medicine, first rub the medication on the outside of the throat; wait until the throat relaxes, then administer the medicine; for toothaches or loose teeth with bleeding, pack the medication into the gaps between the teeth; if clear fluid is produced, spit it out; for wind-induced pain and ringing in the ear, roll paper into a wick, soak it in the medication, and insert it into the ear.
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Spirit-Opening Golden Ointment,For contusions and injuries, injuries from donkey kicks or horse falls, boils and abscesses,scrofula, “ghost arrows,” bone abscesses, fistulas, soft boils, eyebrow abscesses, back abscesses, brain abscesses, sores on the feet and knees, chronic malignant sores, leg ulcers, croup, the five types of hemorrhoids, ear discharge, nasal sores, toothaches, and earaches.