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Dragon and Tiger Life-Saving Pill

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Dragon and Tiger Life-Saving Pill,For all cases of vomiting and inability to eat, as well as morning sickness during pregnancy.

Formulas Name : Dragon and Tiger Life-Saving Pill

Chinese Name : 龙虎救生丹

Drug Formulation

Half a liang of mercury, 1 liang of sulfur (grind the two ingredients together until they are finely powdered and free of any coarse particles), half a liang of cloves, 1 liang of Pinellia fermented with rice malt, 1 fen of ginseng (stem removed), half a liang of processed Aconite, and 1 fen of processed and cracked white Aconite.

Source

*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 10).

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a powder; mix with ginger juice to form a paste, then roll into pills the size of radish seeds.

Benefits

For all cases of vomiting and inability to eat, as well as morning sickness during pregnancy.

Instructions for Use

Take 10–20 pills per dose, washed down with Agastache decoction; for vomiting caused by latent heat, wash down with lotus seed heart decoction.

Dragon and Tiger Life-Saving Pill,*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 10).,For all cases of vomiting and inability to eat, as well as morning sickness during pregnancy.

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