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Dingtu Pills,For children with food-induced convulsions, gastric discomfort, vomiting of milk or food, or heat in the chest and heart.

Formulas Name : Dingtu Pills

Chinese Name : 定吐丸

Drug Formulation

3–7 cloves, 49 scorpion tails, 3 pieces of Pinellia (washed and dried).

Source

From *Tan Shi Shu Sheng*, cited in Volume 27 of *Youyou Xinshu*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with the flesh of boiled jujubes to form pills the size of millet grains.

Benefits

For children with food-induced convulsions, gastric discomfort, vomiting of milk or food, or heat in the chest and heart.

Instructions for Use

Take 7–10 pills per dose, washed down with Gold-Silver Decoction; for summer heat or cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, take with Xiangru Powder.

Dingtu Pills,From *Tan Shi Shu Sheng*, cited in Volume 27 of *Youyou Xinshu*.,For children with food-induced convulsions, gastric discomfort, vomiting of milk or food, or heat in the chest and heart.

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