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Cicada Shell and Boiled Liver Powder

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Cicada Shell and Boiled Liver Powder,For children with malnutrition, rashes, cloudiness or opacities of the cornea, and all eye disorders.

Formulas Name : Cicada Shell and Boiled Liver Powder

Chinese Name : 蝉青煮肝散

Drug Formulation

Acerola (soil removed), cicada shells (beak, legs, and soil removed), starch, oyster shell, and 2 chi of snake shed skin.

Source

From *Shi Yuan Duan Xiao Fang*, citing a formula by Zhang Junwang (see *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Volume 70).

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder.

Benefits

For children with malnutrition, rashes, cloudiness or opacities of the cornea, and all eye disorders.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 qian per dose. Slice 2 liang of pork liver open with a bamboo knife, mix in the medicine, roll it up, and secure with hemp string. Cook the rice porridge until tender, divide it into 3–5 portions, chew it thoroughly with salt, and swallow it with the liver broth.

Cicada Shell and Boiled Liver Powder,From *Shi Yuan Duan Xiao Fang*, citing a formula by Zhang Junwang (see *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Volume 70).,For children with malnutrition, rashes, cloudiness or opacities of the cornea, and all eye disorders.

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