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Evil-Warding Pills,For convulsions and pathogenic influences resembling epilepsy.

Formulas Name : Evil-Warding Pills

Chinese Name : 辟邪丸

Drug Formulation

1 qian of ginseng, 1 qian of white Poria, 1 qian of fried licorice, 1 qian of the flesh of the Schisandra chinensis fruit, 1 qian of night-glow powder, 1 qian of dried toad ash, 0.5 fen of agarwood, 1 qian of realgar (water-floated), 1 qian of cinnabar (floated), 1 qian and 0.5 fen of Coptis, and a small amount of musk.

Source

*Secrets of Infant Care*, Volume 2.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, then mix with pig bile and millet paste to form pills the size of a millet seed.

Benefits

For convulsions and pathogenic influences resembling epilepsy.

Instructions for Use

Take 21–35 pills per dose, washed down with rice water.

Evil-Warding Pills,*Secrets of Infant Care*, Volume 2.,For convulsions and pathogenic influences resembling epilepsy.

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