Snow Powder Pills

Snow Powder Pills,

Formulas Name : Snow Powder Pills

Chinese Name : 雪粉丸

Drug Formulation

Half a liang of Yangqishi (the “wolf’s tooth” variety, ground into a fine powder with a mortar), half a liang of Zhongru (ground), half a liang of arsenic trioxide (finely ground), half a liang of beeswax (refined 3–5 times with whey until white), and 2 liang of sheep kidney fat (washed with water).

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 187.

Processing

Grind the first three ingredients into a fine powder. In a coarse earthenware bowl over a charcoal fire, melt the beeswax and sheep kidney fat into a liquid; add the powdered medicine, stir well, and form into pills while hot, each about the size of a paulownia seed.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 pills per dose on an empty stomach with freshly drawn water.

Snow Powder Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 187.,

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