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Eight-Ingredient Pill

Formulas Name : Eight-Ingredient Pill

Chinese Name : 八味丹

Drug Formulation

1 liang of cinnabar, 1 liang of magnetite, 1 liang of red ochre, 1 liang of red hematite, 1 liang of human-center yellow, 1 liang of Yu Yuliang, 1 liang of frankincense, 1 liang of myrrh.

Source

*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Shenyang Formula).

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into an extremely fine powder and form into small pills using glutinous rice soup.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 qian per dose, washed down with salted water.

Eight-Ingredient Pill,*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Shenyang Formula).,

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