Turnip Powder

Turnip Powder,For various fistulas and swellings.

Formulas Name : Turnip Powder

Chinese Name : 芫菁散

Drug Formulation

10 turnips, 10 blister beetles, 10 Ge Shang Ting Zhang (all three ingredients must have their legs and wings removed and be stir-fried with glutinous rice), 1 liang of cinnamon (with the coarse bark removed).

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 127.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder.

Benefits

For various fistulas and swellings.

Instructions for Use

Take half a qian bi per dose, mixed with warm wine on an empty stomach; take a second dose in the evening. It is also advisable to moxibustion the Yangming collateral, located 2 cun in the depression at the front of the shoulder, where a blue vein is visible. Lie on your back facing upward, cross your arms and keep them closed, then pinch the area; apply moxibustion—one moxa cone for each year of age—and the condition will be cured.

Turnip Powder,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 127.,For various fistulas and swellings.

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