Cantharides Powder

Cantharides Powder,For scrofula caused by heat-toxin.

Formulas Name : Cantharides Powder

Chinese Name : 斑蝥散

Drug Formulation

3 Mylabris beetles (stir-fried with glutinous rice until yellow; remove heads, wings, and legs), 1 fen of talc.

Source

From *Shenghui*, Volume 66.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder.

Benefits

For scrofula caused by heat-toxin.

Instructions for Use

Divide into two doses; take on an empty stomach with glutinous rice porridge as a vehicle. After walking 10 li, take the second dose. If you feel a sensation of dryness in the small intestine, immediately drink a decoction of black beans. Shortly thereafter, pieces of decayed flesh will be expelled from the small intestine, and the condition will be cured; if not cured, take another dose the following day.

Cantharides Powder,From *Shenghui*, Volume 66.,For scrofula caused by heat-toxin.

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