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Eel Pills,Bone-steaming consumptive fever.

Formulas Name : Eel Pills

Chinese Name : 鳗鲡鱼丸

Drug Formulation

2 liang of raw Rehmannia root, 2 liang of winter ginseng, 2 liang of Schisandra berries, 2 liang of Poria cocos, 2 liang of peony bark, 2 liang of Lycium bark, 2 liang of Fritillaria bulbs, 2 liang of tender Astragalus root, 2 liang of Liaodong ginseng, 2 liang of Angelica root, 1 liang of silver Bupleurum, 1 liang of Coptis,Eel (a large, live one) 4 jin (place the eel inside an old urine jug, cover its entire body with a mixture of salt and mud, and steam it in a rice-husk-lined basket over a fire for three days and nights).

Source

*He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 2.

Benefits

Bone-steaming consumptive fever.

Instructions for Use

Form into pills with refined honey and take as directed.

Eel Pills,*He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 2.,Bone-steaming consumptive fever.

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