Pestilence-Avoiding and Ghost-Exorcising Pills

Pestilence-Avoiding and Ghost-Exorcising Pills,

Formulas Name : Pestilence-Avoiding and Ghost-Exorcising Pills

Chinese Name : 避瘟杀鬼丸

Drug Formulation

Realgar 3 liang, Orpiment 3 liang, Pangolin Scale 2 liang, Dragon Bone 2 liang,softshell turtle shell 2 liang, hedgehog skin 2 liang, Chuanxiong 2 liang, Yuyuliang 2 liang, pearl (add as needed), antelope horn 7 liang, tiger skull 7 liang, 15 wild pheasants (if unavailable, substitute with 15 water cuckoos), and 1 rooster head from the East Gate.

Source

*On Epidemics*, Volume 5.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, melt wax to form pills the size of a marble.

Instructions for Use

On New Year’s Day, burn one liang of the pills at the entrance of the patient’s home, and have each person carry one pill—men on the left, women on the right.

Pestilence-Avoiding and Ghost-Exorcising Pills,*On Epidemics*, Volume 5.,

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