Trichosanthes Seed Paste,*Shenghui*, Volume 14.,After recovery from a cold-induced pea-like rash, the scar remains red and swollen and does not subside.
Trichosanthes Seed Paste
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Formulas Name : Trichosanthes Seed Paste
Chinese Name : 栝楼子膏
Drug Formulation
1 sheng of Trichosanthes seed (soak in hot water, split open, remove the kernel, and grind finely into a paste); 1 liang of white calcined gypsum (pounded and sifted into a fine powder); 1 fen of musk (finely ground); half a liang of male sparrow droppings (white ones, finely ground).
Source
*Shenghui*, Volume 14.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a powder; mix with the natural juice extracted from dodder shoots to form a paste.
Benefits
After recovery from a cold-induced pea-like rash, the scar remains red and swollen and does not subside.
Instructions for Use
At night, first wash the face with a decoction of scallion whites, then apply the medicine; the next morning, wash it off with warm whey.
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Trichosanthes Seed Paste,After recovery from a cold-induced pea-like rash, the scar remains red and swollen and does not subside.