Wuyun Ointment,*Jin Jian*, Volume 64.,For rat sores, horse-sword sores, and scrofula that have already ulcerated.
Wuyun Ointment
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Formulas Name : Wuyun Ointment
Chinese Name : 五云膏
Drug Formulation
4 liang of silver-colored black sesame seeds (crushed), 8 liang of orpiment (sifted), and 20 liang of sesame oil.
Source
*Jin Jian*, Volume 64.
Processing
Place the sesame oil in a clay pot. Heat over low heat until the oil is warm, then add the silver-black seeds to the oil. Stir with branches from five types of trees—peach, willow, mulberry, locust, and jujube—until a pearl-like foam forms. Skim off the dregs and strain thoroughly through a cloth;Return the oil to the pot, slowly sift the orpiment into the oil, and stir continuously with the five types of branches until a drop of the mixture forms a bead when dropped into water. Remove and store.
Benefits
For rat sores, horse-sword sores, and scrofula that have already ulcerated.
Instructions for Use
When using, do not expose to direct heat; melt it in a double boiler, then apply the red-calcined paste as a poultice.
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Wuyun Ointment,For rat sores, horse-sword sores, and scrofula that have already ulcerated.