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Double Pills,For childhood paralysis, all types of wind-phlegm and typhoid fever, and infantile convulsions.

Formulas Name : Double Pills

Chinese Name : 双丸子

Drug Formulation

Tianma (lightly roasted), Tiannansheng (roasted), silkworm moth, raw rhinoceros horn (powdered), cinnabar (ground separately),Goral Antler (powdered), Agastache Leaf, White Sandalwood, Scorpion Tail (must be intact), Black Snake (soaked in wine, skin and bones removed, lightly roasted), Linglingxiang 1 qian, Aconite Root (tip) half liang, Musk half liang, Ox Bile 1 fen, Realgar 1 qian,1 fox liver (boiled in water, thinly sliced, dried in an oven, and pounded separately), 1 crow (beak, claws, intestines, and stomach removed; burned to ashes in an earthenware jar, ground separately, and sifted into the mixture of powdered herbs).

Source

From *Bo Ji*, Volume 4.

Processing

Carefully select and clean all the above ingredients, weigh them accurately in liang, prepare them according to the prescribed methods, pound them into a fine powder, mix thoroughly, combine with refined honey to achieve the proper consistency, then pound 300 times on a stone slab and store in a sealed container.

Benefits

For childhood paralysis, all types of wind-phlegm and typhoid fever, and infantile convulsions.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 pills per dose; for adults, the size of a white bean; for children, the size of a mung bean. Take with peppermint decoction. For acute conditions, take 3 doses in total. For paralysis or stroke, mix 3 daqian of talcum powder with water and dissolve the medicine in it before taking;for infantile convulsions, take with a decoction of gold, silver, and mint; for women with blood-wind disorders, as well as pre- and postpartum stroke with bent limbs, take with Angelica sinensis and safflower wine; for typhoid fever, take 3–5 pills per dose, washed down with bean-lin wine.

Double Pills,From *Bo Ji*, Volume 4.,For childhood paralysis, all types of wind-phlegm and typhoid fever, and infantile convulsions.

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