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powder fine without either roasting in fire or washing in water. 

 Also take twenty-one of the jade-butterfly plum flowers, ex- 

 cluding the peduncles. Mix the powdered kernels and the 

 flowers with two teaspoonfuls of white honey into a confec- 

 tion. Tliis given to a child will prevent smallpox, or if already 

 infected there will not come out more than two or three small 

 spots of eruption. 



Headache Poivder ; gg il. JP at (T'ou-feng-mo-san). 

 This is for external application, and consists of aconite root, 

 pulverized, mixed with salt, and finely powdered. It is either 

 rubbed directly into the temples, or mixed with oil and made 

 into a pomade for the same purpose. 



Insufflation Powder ; P^ P^ ^ (Ch'ui-hou-san). Take 

 large black dates, remove the pits, and put inside a Chinese 

 nutgall, after having removed the worms from the latter. 

 Add Fritillaria bulb, removing the heart, and wrap in a layer 

 of mud, baking until dry. Then powder finely and use as an 

 insufflation powder for all diseases of the throat. 



Jade Dragon Powder; ^ ft ^ (Yii-lung-san). Use 

 Funkia subcordata flowers and snake skin, of each one-fifth 

 ounce ; cloves, one-tenth ounce, and powder. This is used in 

 suppression of urine. 



Mux vomica Powder ; J^ ~^ ^ (Ma-ch*ien-san). Take 

 half an ounce of Nux vomica seeds, place in an iron vessel and 

 roast in a sand bath until yellow ; then beat up in a mortar, 

 and sift out all coar.se particles. Also of wild sesamum seeds, 

 removing the husks, a half ounce ; olibanum and bamboo 

 leaves roasted dry, a half ounce ; powder all finely together. 

 This is for cancerous sores and abscesses, and for the relief of 

 pain. The dose is, of course, very limited in quantity, on 

 account of the poisonous character of the Nux vomica seeds. 



Permeating the Spirit Powder ; %, %% ^ (T'ung-shen- 

 san). Use Phaseolus mungo husks, white chrysanthemum 

 flowers, and Eriocaulon australe, of each equal parts. This is 

 to be powdered and boiled together with dried persimmons and 

 millet, and used in the treatment of eye disea.ses. 



Protecting the Heart Powder ; % i(^ ^ (Hu-hsin-san). 

 Use Phaseolus mungo meal, one ounce ; olibanum, one-half 

 ounce ; mix together and powder. This is to be taken with a 



