Soft-Shelled Turtle Blood Decoction Pills

Soft-Shelled Turtle Blood Decoction Pills,For various forms of malnutrition in children.

Formulas Name : Soft-Shelled Turtle Blood Decoction Pills

Chinese Name : 鳖血煎丸

Drug Formulation

Equal parts of Evodia fruit, Coptis rhizome (coarsely chopped, soaked in soft-shelled turtle blood overnight, then stir-fried with Evodia fruit until dry and charred; discard the Evodia fruit), White Cnidium seeds, and Bupleurum root (stem removed).

Source

*General Essentials of Health* (Wei Sheng Zong Wei), Volume 12.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, soak in the bile of a wild boar, and shape into pills the size of mung beans using steamed buns.

Benefits

For various forms of malnutrition in children.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills at a time, washed down with boiled water, at any time of day.

Soft-Shelled Turtle Blood Decoction Pills,*General Essentials of Health* (Wei Sheng Zong Wei), Volume 12.,For various forms of malnutrition in children.

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