Bright Moon Pill，From *Su Shen’s Effective Prescriptions*, Volume 5.，For consumptive fever; and for restlessness and bone fever caused by typhoid fever.
Bright Moon Pill
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Formulas Name : Bright Moon Pill
Chinese Name : 明月丹
Drug Formulation
49 rabbit droppings, 49 pieces of realgar (large enough to resemble rabbit droppings).
Source
From *Su Shen’s Effective Prescriptions*, Volume 5.
Processing
Form the above ingredients into pills using raw honey; soak half a liang of raw licorice (crushed) in the honey for one night, strain the liquid, and take 7 pills at the beginning of the fifth watch.
Benefits
For consumptive fever; and for restlessness and bone fever caused by typhoid fever.
Instructions for Use
After taking the medicine, check frequently; if any worms are found, kill them immediately, fry them in mulberry-seed oil until charred, and dispose of them in foul water. If no bowel movement occurs within 3 days, take another dose; this should be taken after the 3rd day of the lunar month and before the full moon. Afterward, take tonifying herbs to restore qi until fully recovered.
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Bright Moon Pill,For consumptive fever; and for restlessness and bone fever caused by typhoid fever.