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Eight Immortals Pills,Colic.

Formulas Name : Eight Immortals Pills

Chinese Name : 八仙丸

Drug Formulation

Peach kernels 3 fen (soaked in hot water, remove skin, tip, and double kernels; stir-fried with wheat bran until slightly yellow), Asafoetida half liang (wrapped in flour and baked until the flour is cooked), Cinnamon bark half liang, Frankincense 2 (3) fen, Galangal 3 fen (chopped), Pig’s navel half liang (brushed with wine and lightly roasted until slightly yellow), Dried scorpion 1 fen (lightly roasted),Green tangerine peel 3 fen (soaked in hot water, white pith removed, then baked).

Source

*Shenghui* (Volume 7).

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; use vinegar-soaked steamed buns to form pills the size of a tung tree seed.

Benefits

Colic.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills per dose, washed down with hot wine before meals.

Eight Immortals Pills,*Shenghui* (Volume 7).,Colic.

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