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Dried Toad Pills,For the five types of wasting diseases and the five types of dysentery; to expel roundworms; for weakness of the viscera; emaciation; bristling, scorched-yellow hair; turbid urine; and abdominal distension.

Formulas Name : Dried Toad Pills

Chinese Name : 干蟾丸

Drug Formulation

Toad and maggots (or both toad and maggots charred until their essence remains), 1 jin of Guang Chenpi (roasted), 4 liang of licorice (roasted), 6 liang of Pongshu (roasted), 8 liang of Houpo (soaked in rice wash, then roasted),Zhi Shi (fried with wheat bran) 8 liang, Lianqiao 6 liang, Xiangfu (soaked in rice water, then fried) 1 jin, Shan Zha 6 liang, Shenqu (fried) 6 liang,Radish Seeds (roasted) 8 liang, Gentian (6 liang), Green Tangerine Peel (roasted) 8 liang, Sichuan Coptis (roasted) 8 liang, White Atractylodes (roasted with earth) 8 liang, Areca Nut 8 liang.

Source

*Yizong Shuoyue*, Volume 5.

Benefits

For the five types of wasting diseases and the five types of dysentery; to expel roundworms; for weakness of the viscera; emaciation; bristling, scorched-yellow hair; turbid urine; and abdominal distension.

Instructions for Use

Grind the ingredients into an extremely fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a longan, and take them on an empty stomach with clear rice water.

Dried Toad Pills,*Yizong Shuoyue*, Volume 5.,For the five types of wasting diseases and the five types of dysentery; to expel roundworms; for weakness of the viscera; emaciation; bristling, scorched-yellow hair; turbid urine; and abdominal distension.

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