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Tongue Turns Scarlet,For carbuncles and unexplained toxic swellings.

Formulas Name : Tongue Turns Scarlet

Chinese Name : 舌化丹

Drug Formulation

Cinnabar, dragon’s blood, borax, frankincense (oil removed), myrrh (oil removed), realgar, toad venom (dissolved in human milk), mercury oxide, borneol, and musk—each in equal parts.

Source

From *The Comprehensive Treatise on Surgical Diseases*, Volume 7.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; mix with fresh breast milk from a first-time mother and knead into pills the size of a wheat grain.

Benefits

For carbuncles and unexplained toxic swellings.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 pills at a time, hold them under the tongue until they dissolve, then swallow; the condition will resolve on its own as you sweat; if no sweat occurs, induce sweating with hot wine.

Tongue Turns Scarlet,From *The Comprehensive Treatise on Surgical Diseases*, Volume 7.,For carbuncles and unexplained toxic swellings.

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