Soft-Shelled Turtle Blood Pills

Soft-Shelled Turtle Blood Pills,For childhood wasting disease.

Formulas Name : Soft-Shelled Turtle Blood Pills

Chinese Name : 鳖血丸

Drug Formulation

Half a liang of ginseng, 1 liang of Chuanxiong, 1 liang of Wu-ti, 1 liang of Northern Bupleurum, 21 Shi Junzi, 2 liang of Hu Huanglian, and 2 liang of Chuan Huanglian.

Source

From *De Xiao* (Effective Remedies), Volume 12.

Processing

Mix the above herbs with 1 zhan of soft-shelled turtle blood and 1 liang of Evodia fruit. Stir well, let stand overnight, then roast thoroughly the next morning. Remove the Evodia fruit and blood, retaining only the two herbs. Pound the remaining herbs into a fine powder, mix with millet flour paste, and form into pills the size of a sesame seed.

Benefits

For childhood wasting disease.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills per dose, washed down with boiled water before meals.

Soft-Shelled Turtle Blood Pills,From *De Xiao* (Effective Remedies), Volume 12.,For childhood wasting disease.

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