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Chen Sha Da Hong Pills,For postpartum alternating chills and fever with restlessness, and persistent pain from hardened blood clots.

Formulas Name : Chen Sha Da Hong Pills

Chinese Name : 辰砂大红丸

Drug Formulation

Cinnabar 1 liang (half for the medicine, half for the coating), processed Aconite root half liang, Myrrh half liang, Sea Horse half qian, Frankincense half liang, Cistanche half liang, Cinnamon bark half liang, Corydalis root half liang, Turmeric half liang, Realgar half liang, Mylabris 1 fen, Raw Rehmannia root 1 liang.

Source

*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 11.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with a paste made from wine-boiled wheat flour to form pills the size of a sour jujube.

Benefits

For postpartum alternating chills and fever with restlessness, and persistent pain from hardened blood clots.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill per dose, washed down with decocted Angelica sinensis wine cooled to lukewarm; if menstruation has not resumed, take it with decocted Safflower wine.

Chen Sha Da Hong Pills,*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 11.,For postpartum alternating chills and fever with restlessness, and persistent pain from hardened blood clots.

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