Cat’s Head Pill

Cat’s Head Pill,For scrofula and “horse-sword” sores, regardless of whether they are chronic or recent, or whether they have ruptured or not.

Formulas Name : Cat’s Head Pill

Chinese Name : 猫头丸

Drug Formulation

1 cat skull (roasted with butter), 1 bat (stuffed with 3 qian of cinnabar and roasted on a tile until charred), 1 liang of Pinellia tuber, 1 liang of white alum.

Source

*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, then melt yellow beeswax to form pills the size of mung beans.

Benefits

For scrofula and “horse-sword” sores, regardless of whether they are chronic or recent, or whether they have ruptured or not.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills each time, washed down with rice water before bedtime; if suffering from constipation, make the pills with honey and let 3 dissolve in the mouth on an empty stomach and before bedtime.

Cat’s Head Pill,*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.,For scrofula and “horse-sword” sores, regardless of whether they are chronic or recent, or whether they have ruptured or not.

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