Chicken Bone and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Pills，From *Formulas for Infants and Children*, cited in Volume 22 of *New Book on the Care of Young Children*.，For emaciated children with abdominal masses, hardness and fullness in both flanks, intermittent pain, and failure to gain weight despite eating.
Chicken Bone and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Pills
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Formulas Name : Chicken Bone and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Pills
Chinese Name : 鸡骨鳖甲丸
Drug Formulation
1 set of aged black chicken (sternum and diaphragm bones) (soaked in wine overnight, then roasted until golden brown), 4 fen of turtle shell (roasted),Sichuan lacquer 4 fen, Bupleurum 4 fen, Platycodon 4 fen, Ginseng 4 fen, Peony 5 fen, Rhubarb 5 fen, Scutellaria 5 fen, Apricot Kernel 5 fen, Trifoliate Orange 1.5 fen (roasted), Malva (sliced) 3 fen, Atractylodes 3 fen, (Common Worm) 5 worms (roasted).
Source
From *Formulas for Infants and Children*, cited in Volume 22 of *New Book on the Care of Young Children*.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey, and form into pills the size of a bean.
Benefits
For emaciated children with abdominal masses, hardness and fullness in both flanks, intermittent pain, and failure to gain weight despite eating.
Instructions for Use
For children aged 4–5, take 2 pills per dose, twice daily.
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Terminology Proofreading: [Cheng Bo] | August 25, 2026 Reviewed by: [Wang Zhongxiang, Associate Chief TCM Physician (China)] | August 25, 2026
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Chicken Bone and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Pills,For emaciated children with abdominal masses, hardness and fullness in both flanks, intermittent pain, and failure to gain weight despite eating.