Life-Saving Pills

Life-Saving Pills,For cold-induced fever with yin toxicity.

Formulas Name : Life-Saving Pills

Chinese Name : 定命丸

Drug Formulation

Sulphur (ground) 1 fen, Evodia fruit (soaked in hot water, baked dry, stir-fried, and ground into powder) 1 fen, sodium carbonate (ground) 1 fen, croton seed (with skin and inner membrane removed) half a fen.

Source

From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 27.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, then mix with soft rice to form pills the size of a marble.

Benefits

For cold-induced fever with yin toxicity.

Instructions for Use

Take one pill at a time. First, prepare a decoction of Sichuan pepper and soak your hand in it for a long time; men should hold it in their left hand and women in their right. Once sweating begins, the illness is cured.

Life-Saving Pills,From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 27.,For cold-induced fever with yin toxicity.

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