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Formula for Redirecting Toxins

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Formula for Redirecting Toxins

Formulas Name : Formula for Redirecting Toxins

Chinese Name : 移毒方

Drug Formulation

Earthworm (placed inside a frost-exposed loofah, calcined until charred, then ground into a powder together with the loofah) 3 qian, Musk 2 fen, Frankincense 5 fen, Myrrh 5 fen, Realgar 1 qian, Toad Venom 1 fen, Beeswax 1 liang.

Source

From *Formulas of the Hall of Cultivating Blessings*, Volume 3.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a powder and form into pills with beeswax.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 fen per dose. For the upper body, take it with a decoction of licorice, cinnamon twig, and ephedra brewed in wine; immediately transfer the toxin to the hands and let it dissipate. If the toxin is on the back, take it with a decoction of notopterygium, saposhnikovia, and fresh ginger; transfer the toxin to the back. If the toxin is in the lower body, take it with a decoction of papaya, achyranthes, clematis, tangerine peel, angelica pubescens, and fresh ginger; transfer the toxin to the feet.

Formula for Redirecting Toxins,From *Formulas of the Hall of Cultivating Blessings*, Volume 3.,

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