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Five Toad Pills,For the five types of malnutrition in children.

Formulas Name : Five Toad Pills

Chinese Name : 五蟾丸

Drug Formulation

Wulingzhi (free of sand and stones) and Coptis, each in equal parts.

Source

From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 64.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Soak steamed buns in hot water and shape them into pills the size of millet grains. Coat the pills with five different colors: 1 fen of talcum powder, 1 fen of mica, 1 fen of herb ash, 1 fen of cinnabar, and 1 fen of indigo. Dry them in the sun and mix them together.

Benefits

For the five types of malnutrition in children.

Instructions for Use

Take 30–40 pills per dose, washed down with rice-water, three times a day, at any time.

Five Toad Pills,From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 64.,For the five types of malnutrition in children.

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