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Elixir of Encountering the Immortal

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Elixir of Encountering the Immortal,Accumulated parasitic masses; the Five Labors and Seven Injuries; dysentery with red and white discharges; profuse bloody stools; jaundice and edema; the Ten Types of Qi Disorders; and the Ten General Types of Harmful Parasites.

Formulas Name : Elixir of Encountering the Immortal

Chinese Name : 遇仙丹

Drug Formulation

3 jin of Ipomoea, 3 jin of Areca nut, 2 liang of tin ash (roasted until dry, ground into powder), 4 liang of rhubarb, 4 liang of thunder seed, 2 liang of blue frankincense, 2 liang of crane lice, 2 liang of dried lacquer, and 4 pieces of soapberry.

Source

From *One Hundred Questions on Infants and Children*, Volume 9.

Processing

Decoct the last four ingredients in water; use the liquid to cook millet porridge. First, add ground牵牛; second, ground大腹子; third, tin ash; fourth,大黄; fifth,雷丸; sixth, mix青木香 with the decoction to form pills the size of a梧桐子.

Benefits

Accumulated parasitic masses; the Five Labors and Seven Injuries; dysentery with red and white discharges; profuse bloody stools; jaundice and edema; the Ten Types of Qi Disorders; and the Ten General Types of Harmful Parasites.

Instructions for Use

Take 5–7 pills per dose, washed down with ginger-infused boiled water.

Note

Not to be taken by patients with typhoid fever or pregnant women.

Elixir of Encountering the Immortal,From *One Hundred Questions on Infants and Children*, Volume 9.,Accumulated parasitic masses; the Five Labors and Seven Injuries; dysentery with red and white discharges; profuse bloody stools; jaundice and edema; the Ten Types of Qi Disorders; and the Ten General Types of Harmful Parasites.

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