Oak leaves

Oak leaves

(compendium)

[source] it is the branches and leaves of tussah. For details of plant morphology, please refer to "oak bark".

[functions and indications] it is used to treat carbuncle, gangrene, swelling and toxin, and lower stillbirth.

[selected formula] it is used to treat all kinds of carbuncle and swelling on the back: four liang of oak leaves (dry), one or two of dried lotus leaves, golden baby root (Hemerocallis fulva), licorice node and Sanguisorba officinalis. File with the same file and pound to disperse. Each serving half Liang, two bowls of water, fried to a bowl, divided into two servings, one in the morning and one in the evening, and then fried again. Avoid eating poison. (Zhamu powder in Benshi Fang)