Eight-Toxin Rhubarb Pills

Eight-Toxin Rhubarb Pills,For epidemic diseases on the 3rd–4th day, characterized by fever, red eyes, and inability to lift the limbs; for typhoid fever following childbirth or lactation, with a yellow-white tongue and delirium; for conditions following warm diseases, such as “flying corpses” and “escaping corpses,” pain in the heart and abdomen, obstruction of the upper and lower passages, stagnant fluid, food stagnation, and masses, as well as swelling and severe pain.

Formulas Name : Eight-Toxin Rhubarb Pills

Chinese Name : 八毒大黄丸

Drug Formulation

2 fen of Lepidium (roasted), 3 fen of rhubarb, 5 fen of cinnabar, 4 fen of Sichuan pepper, 4 fen of realgar (ground), 4 fen of croton seed (peeled and roasted), and 4 fen of cinnamon bark.

Source

Quoted from *Gujin Luyan* in Volume 3 of *Wai Tai*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey, and form into pills the size of a sesame seed.

Benefits

For epidemic diseases on the 3rd–4th day, characterized by fever, red eyes, and inability to lift the limbs; for typhoid fever following childbirth or lactation, with a yellow-white tongue and delirium; for conditions following warm diseases, such as “flying corpses” and “escaping corpses,” pain in the heart and abdomen, obstruction of the upper and lower passages, stagnant fluid, food stagnation, and masses, as well as swelling and severe pain.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 pills with liquid. Relief should follow immediately. If not cured, take another dose.

Note

Avoid raw scallions, wild boar meat, asparagus, civet meat, and raw blood-containing foods.

Eight-Toxin Rhubarb Pills,Quoted from *Gujin Luyan* in Volume 3 of *Wai Tai*.,For epidemic diseases on the 3rd–4th day, characterized by fever, red eyes, and inability to lift the limbs; for typhoid fever following childbirth or lactation, with a yellow-white tongue and delirium; for conditions following warm diseases, such as “flying corpses” and “escaping corpses,” pain in the heart and abdomen, obstruction of the upper and lower passages, stagnant fluid, food stagnation, and masses, as well as swelling and severe pain.

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