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Cicada Shell Ash Pills,For childhood malnutrition without apparent cause.

Formulas Name : Cicada Shell Ash Pills

Chinese Name : 蝉壳灰丸

Drug Formulation

Cicada Shell Ash, Starch Flower, Snake Shed Skin Ash, 21 dried scorpions (lightly roasted), Aconite Root (peeled and with navel removed, used raw) 1 fen, Cinnabar (finely ground) 1 fen, Musk (finely ground) 1 fen.

Source

From *Shenghui*, Volume 86.

Processing

Grind all ingredients into a fine powder and mix thoroughly. Use boiled water to moisten cold-food steamed buns, then shape the mixture into pills the size of a sesame seed.

Benefits

For childhood malnutrition without apparent cause.

Instructions for Use

Take 5 pills per dose, mixed with porridge broth.

Cicada Shell Ash Pills,From *Shenghui*, Volume 86.,For childhood malnutrition without apparent cause.

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