Stone Sulfur Ointment，From *Guangji Fang*, cited in Volume 22 of *Wai Tai*.，For chronic, non-healing sores on the lips.
Stone Sulfur Ointment
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Formulas Name : Stone Sulfur Ointment
Chinese Name : 石硫黄膏
Drug Formulation
1 fen of ground mineral sulfur, 1 fen of calcined white alum, 1 fen of ground cinnabar, 1 fen of mercury, 1 fen of musk, and 1 fen of powdered Phellodendron bark.
Source
From *Guangji Fang*, cited in Volume 22 of *Wai Tai*.
Benefits
For chronic, non-healing sores on the lips.
Instructions for Use
Mix the above herbs with mercury and grind them in a porcelain bowl until the mercury is fully absorbed. Then mix with lard from a pig slaughtered in the 12th lunar month until it forms a paste. First wipe the affected area clean, then apply the paste 3–5 times daily until healed.
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Stone Sulfur Ointment,For chronic, non-healing sores on the lips.