Fish Paste Soup

Fish Paste Soup,For children with chronic intestinal obstruction, dysentery with pus and blood of five colors, or “rotten fish intestines”—characterized by the absence of bowel movements, unbearable cramping pain in the intestines, and moaning and crying audible from outside the room—

Formulas Name : Fish Paste Soup

Chinese Name : 鱼鲊汤

Drug Formulation

Powdered gypsum (ground) 1 qian, mercury oxide 1 qian, cinnabar (ground) 1 qian, borneol (ground, with impurities removed) 1 qian, white cloves 1 qian, frankincense half a qian, croton seeds 2–7 (shells removed, oil retained).

Source

From *Effective Remedies*, Volume 6.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, then steam jujube pulp to form pills. For infants, administer 3 pills, each the size of a millet seed; for children aged 2–3 and 4–5, administer pills the size of a sesame seed.

Benefits

For children with chronic intestinal obstruction, dysentery with pus and blood of five colors, or “rotten fish intestines”—characterized by the absence of bowel movements, unbearable cramping pain in the intestines, and moaning and crying audible from outside the room—

Instructions for Use

Administer 3–4 pills at a time, along with freshly prepared fish-paste soup, and swallow them together. Continue to administer stomach-regulating medicine intermittently.

Fish Paste Soup,From *Effective Remedies*, Volume 6.,For children with chronic intestinal obstruction, dysentery with pus and blood of five colors, or “rotten fish intestines”—characterized by the absence of bowel movements, unbearable cramping pain in the intestines, and moaning and crying audible from outside the room—

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