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Dou-Gui Pills,For chronic malaria.

Formulas Name : Dou-Gui Pills

Chinese Name : 豆桂丸

Drug Formulation

Croton seed (peeled, ground raw) 1 fen, Cinnamon bark (coarse bark removed) 1 fen, Starch flower (ground) 1 fen, Asafoetida (dissolved in vinegar, mixed with flour into a cake, and roasted) 1 fen, Benzoin (ground with walnut kernels) 1 fen.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 35.

Processing

Take the six ingredients listed above; except for the ground ingredients, pound them, sift them into a fine powder, grind them again until uniform, and form into pills the size of a paulownia seed using a flour paste.

Benefits

For chronic malaria.

Instructions for Use

Each time, wrap one pill in cotton, pass it through the smoke of incense seven times, and place it inside the ear—the left ear for men and the right for women—and wear it continuously.

Dou-Gui Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 35.,For chronic malaria.

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