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Cinnabar Life-Preserving Pill

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Cinnabar Life-Preserving Pill,For acute and chronic convulsions.

Formulas Name : Cinnabar Life-Preserving Pill

Chinese Name : 辰砂保命丹

Drug Formulation

Musk 1 qian, Southern Star (stir-fried) 5 qian, White Aconite (roasted) 5 qian, Cinnabar 5 qian, Serpentine 4 liang (calcined 7 times, quenched in rice vinegar, then dried in a clay oven).

Source

*Pocket Guide*, Volume 4.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; shape into pills using the tip of a Double-Fifth Festival rice dumpling; coat with gold leaf.

Benefits

For acute and chronic convulsions.

Instructions for Use

For acute convulsions, take with peppermint decoction; for chronic or wind-induced convulsions, dissolve in Schizonepeta decoction; for heat-induced convulsions, dissolve in peppermint decoction.

Cinnabar Life-Preserving Pill,*Pocket Guide*, Volume 4.,For acute and chronic convulsions.

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