Head Wind Rubbing Powder

金匱要略

Large Aconite one piece (prepared), Salt equal parts. The above two items are made into powder. After washing the head, take one square-inch spoonful and rub it on the top of the head to make the medicinal power move. (Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases))

Make the above two items into powder. After washing the head, take one square-inch spoonful (4 g) and rub it on the top of the head to make the medicinal power move. Three times a day.

外用

Dispel wind and dissipate cold.

Because wind attacks during head washing, there is profuse sweating and aversion to wind. Usually one day before the wind, the illness becomes severe; headache prevents going out, and by the day [of wind] it slightly improves. This is called head wind.