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Four Shed Pills

Formulas Name : Four Shed Pills

Chinese Name : 四蜕丹

Drug Formulation

Cicada Shed Skin, Snake Shed Skin, Phoenix Shed Skin (i.e., the shell of a hatched chicken egg), and Immortal Shed Skin (i.e., the fingernails of one’s parents)—each in equal parts.

Source

From *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 27.

Processing

Roast and grind into a fine powder; mix with refined honey to form pills the size of mung beans.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 qian per dose on New Year’s Eve each year for three consecutive years.

Four Shed Pills,From *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 27.,

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