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Artemisia and Black Chicken Pills

Formulas Name : Artemisia and Black Chicken Pills

Chinese Name : 青蒿乌鸡丸

Drug Formulation

Artemisia annua (i.e., wild mugwort, harvested in May) 1 jin; Cyperus rotundus (soaked in children’s urine, salt water, wine, and vinegar—4 liang each—then stir-fried) 1 jin; Qi-ai (simmered in vinegar) 2 liang; Angelica sinensis (soaked in wine overnight, then stir-fried) 2 liang;Peony Bark 2 liang, Lycium Bark 2 liang, White Peony Root (soaked in wine, stir-fried) 2 liang, Astragalus (honey-roasted) 2 liang, Poria 2 liang, Ginseng 2 liang, White Atractylodes 2 liang, Sichuan Lovage 2 liang, Soft-shelled Turtle Carapace (boiled in vinegar) 1 liang 5 qian.

Source

From *Ji Yin Gang Mu*, Volume 6.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take one white-feathered black-boned male chicken,one that has just begun to crow; strangle it to death, dry it, and remove the feathers. Do not scald it with water, nor wash it with water; use water only to remove the coarse skin from the feet. Place the chicken in a porcelain vessel with good wine and 2 liang of Rehmannia glutinosa (cooked), and simmer until the chicken is tender. Remove the bones, combine with the previously prepared herbs, and pound into a paste. Shape into cakes, sun-dry them, and grind into a fine powder. Use the wine from simmering the chicken to mix with glutinous rice flour into a paste, then form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Instructions for Use

Take 70–80 pills per dose, washed down with wine, 2–3 times a day, at any time. Results are seen within one month.

Note

Avoid using iron utensils when preparing this medicine.

Artemisia and Black Chicken Pills,From *Ji Yin Gang Mu*, Volume 6.,

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