Cinnabar Life-Taking Pill

Cinnabar Life-Taking Pill,For smallpox lesions where blood heat and toxins are blocked and cannot erupt.

Formulas Name : Cinnabar Life-Taking Pill

Chinese Name : 辰砂夺命丹

Drug Formulation

Cinnabar (finely ground; boil with Cimicifuga, Lithospermum, and Forsythia to extract juice; strain thoroughly; use the juice to boil the cinnabar for one day and one night; dry thoroughly before use) 2 qian; Ephedra (with nodes intact; stir-fried with wine and honey until charred) 8 fen; Cicada Shedding (washed) 5 fen; Lithospermum (stir-fried with wine) 5 fen; Safflower Seeds 5 fen; Pangolin Scale (soaked in wine, then stir-fried until black) 5 fen;Toad Venom (dissolved in wine) 2 fen.

Source

*Records of Compassionate Insights on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 14.

Processing

Pound with wine to form pills, divided into 10 pills.

Benefits

For smallpox lesions where blood heat and toxins are blocked and cannot erupt.

Instructions for Use

Administer one-and-a-half pills to a child aged one and a half years, and one pill to a child aged two years; dissolve in hot wine and take orally. This induces warmth and sweating, causing the smallpox lesions to emerge immediately.

Cinnabar Life-Taking Pill,*Records of Compassionate Insights on Smallpox and Measles*, Volume 14.,For smallpox lesions where blood heat and toxins are blocked and cannot erupt.

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