Ghost-Repelling Pills

Ghost-Repelling Pills,For seasonal epidemics and miasmas.

Formulas Name : Ghost-Repelling Pills

Chinese Name : 弹鬼丸

Drug Formulation

2 liang of realgar, 2 liang of cinnabar, 4 liang of gypsum, 1 liang of aconite, 1 liang of woodlouse.

Source

Formula by Liu Ciqing, cited in Volume 10 of *Qianjin Yi*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a powder. Melt 5 liang of white wax in a copper vessel over medium heat, then add the powder and stir until it solidifies into pills the size of a Chinese toon fruit. Wrap one pill in red silk.

Benefits

For seasonal epidemics and miasmas.

Instructions for Use

Men should wear it on the left side; women on the right, fastened behind the elbow.

Ghost-Repelling Pills,Formula by Liu Ciqing, cited in Volume 10 of *Qianjin Yi*.,For seasonal epidemics and miasmas.

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