Pepper-Dragon Pill

Pepper-Dragon Pill,For both dry and damp beriberi.

Formulas Name : Pepper-Dragon Pill

Chinese Name : 椒龙丸

Drug Formulation

Sichuan pepper (remove seeds and closed pods; stir-fry until sweating), earthworm (remove soil), Aconite root (large, raw, remove skin and tip), whole scorpion (de-toxified), Fangfeng (remove root stalk), Stephania root, and red adzuki beans—each in equal parts.

Source

*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with freshly drawn well water to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For both dry and damp beriberi.

Instructions for Use

Take 10–20 pills each time, washed down with one cup of cold wine, before bedtime; sleep through the night until dawn, then consume one cup of Schizonepeta and cured tea. For those who have had the condition for half a year, one dose is effective; for those who have had it for 1–2 years, two doses are effective; for those who have had it for three years, 5–7 doses will be effective.

Pepper-Dragon Pill,*Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.,For both dry and damp beriberi.

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