Cinnabar Pills

Cinnabar Pills,Poison from witchcraft.

Formulas Name : Cinnabar Pills

Chinese Name : 丹砂丸

Drug Formulation

Half a liang of realgar (finely ground), half a liang of cinnabar, 1 fen of Lepidium (stem removed, lightly roasted), 1 fen of Podophyllum (stems removed), 1 fen of croton seed (skin and core removed, ground, wrapped in paper and pressed to remove oil).

Source

Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 56); name cited in *Yifang Leiju* (Vol. 165), quoting *Jisheng*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey, and form into pills the size of soybeans.

Benefits

Poison from witchcraft.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 pills per dose, washed down with decocted dried ginger soup on an empty stomach. This will induce the expulsion of harmful substances and parasites; if restlessness occurs, follow with duck soup.

Cinnabar Pills,Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 56); name cited in *Yifang Leiju* (Vol. 165), quoting *Jisheng*.,Poison from witchcraft.

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