Eight-Ingredient Liver-Cooling Pill

Eight-Ingredient Liver-Cooling Pill,Leprosy.

Formulas Name : Eight-Ingredient Liver-Cooling Pill

Chinese Name : 凉肝八宝丹

Drug Formulation

1 liang of raw rhinoceros horn (chopped into powder), 1 liang of antelope horn (ground into powder), 1 liang of genuine donkey-hide gelatin (dissolved in wine), 1 liang of high-quality Beijing ink, 2 liang of raw Rehmannia glutinosa (soaked in wine), 4 liang of whole Angelica sinensis (soaked in wine), 2 liang of large Ligusticum chuanxiong (washed with wine), 2 liang of Hangzhou white peony root (washed with wine and sand), and 1.5 liang of Clematis chinensis.

Source

From *The Complete Book of Madness*.

Processing

First, melt the donkey-hide gelatin and Beijing ink in a copper spoon using good wine; add the powdered herbs and pound until uniform; then form into pills using rice paste.

Benefits

Leprosy.

Instructions for Use

Take 100 pills per dose, washed down with tea.

Eight-Ingredient Liver-Cooling Pill,From *The Complete Book of Madness*.,Leprosy.

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