Toad Cake，From *Ten Methods of Surgery*.，Effective for carbuncles, brain abscesses, mastitis, bone-invading abscesses, and buttock abscesses—regardless of whether the condition is painless, extremely painful, or accompanied by numbness.
Toad Cake
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Formulas Name : Toad Cake
Chinese Name : 蟾蜍饼
Drug Formulation
Toad (dissolved in wine) 1 qian, mercury oxide 5 fen, frankincense 2 qian, myrrh 2 qian, realgar 2 qian, croton seed 2 qian, musk 3 fen, cinnabar 1 qian, camphor 1 qian.
Source
From *Ten Methods of Surgery*.
Processing
Grind each ingredient into a fine powder. On the 5th day of the 5th lunar month at noon, in a clean room, mix the powders with toad wine to form pills the size of mung beans.
Benefits
Effective for carbuncles, brain abscesses, mastitis, bone-invading abscesses, and buttock abscesses—regardless of whether the condition is painless, extremely painful, or accompanied by numbness.
Instructions for Use
Take 1 pill at a time, mix it with saliva, apply it to the affected area, and cover it with an ointment.
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Toad Cake,Effective for carbuncles, brain abscesses, mastitis, bone-invading abscesses, and buttock abscesses—regardless of whether the condition is painless, extremely painful, or accompanied by numbness.