Description
Tuo Seng Gao (Litharge Ointment), from Golden Mirror of the Medical Tradition (Yi Zong Jin Jian).
Actions: Draw out toxin and promote granulation, remove toxin and stanch bleeding. Indicated for the treatment of trauma and local infection, with local wound, bleeding, or pain due to infection, red tongue with thin and yellow coating, and rapid pulse
Indications: Its use is prohibited in pregnant women, and cautious in patients with qi and blood depletion
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 861–873.
Preparation
Grind the ingredients into powder, make into ointment, and apply externally, once a day
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