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Cinnabar and Silver Foil Pills

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Cinnabar and Silver Foil Pills,Indicated for heat-phlegm, restlessness of the mind, irritability, headache, and nausea.

Formulas Name : Cinnabar and Silver Foil Pills

Chinese Name : 丹砂银箔丸

Drug Formulation

Cinnabar (finely ground, washed with water) 3 fen, Tiannanxing (processed with ox bile) 2 liang, Realgar (ground) 1 fen, Borneol 1 fen, Silver foil 15 pieces, Ma Yaxiao (ground) 1 qian.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 64.

Processing

Grind each of the above herbs into a fine powder, then mix them together until uniform. Form into pills the size of a chicken’s head using refined honey.

Benefits

Indicated for heat-phlegm, restlessness of the mind, irritability, headache, and nausea.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill per dose; chew it until broken up, and swallow it with cooled ginseng decoction after a meal and before bedtime; alternatively, it may be taken with fresh water boiled in a bamboo-leaf decoction.

Cinnabar and Silver Foil Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 64.,Indicated for heat-phlegm, restlessness of the mind, irritability, headache, and nausea.

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