Crab Claw Pills

Crab Claw Pills,For turtle-shell mass, located beneath the heart, where the head and legs can be felt upon palpation and which moves from time to time, as well as for chronic masses in the heart and abdomen.

Formulas Name : Crab Claw Pills

Chinese Name : 蟹爪丸

Drug Formulation

3 fen of crab claws, 6 fen of aconite root (roasted), 3 fen of musk (ground), 6 fen of pinellia, 4 fen of ginger (grated), 6 fen of softshell turtle shell (roasted), 6 fen of milkvetch, and 8 he of prunus seed.

Source

Quoted from *Guangji Fang* in Volume 12 of *Wai Tai*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For turtle-shell mass, located beneath the heart, where the head and legs can be felt upon palpation and which moves from time to time, as well as for chronic masses in the heart and abdomen.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills per dose on an empty stomach with wine, twice daily, until symptoms subside.

Note

Avoid raw and cold foods, pork, and amaranth; avoid raw and cold foods, greasy and salty foods, hot noodles, buckwheat, stale or foul-smelling foods, sticky and greasy foods, mutton, malt syrup, pork, and amaranth.

Crab Claw Pills,Quoted from *Guangji Fang* in Volume 12 of *Wai Tai*.,For turtle-shell mass, located beneath the heart, where the head and legs can be felt upon palpation and which moves from time to time, as well as for chronic masses in the heart and abdomen.

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