Fragrant Toad Pill

Fragrant Toad Pill,For various forms of wasting disease characterized by emaciation, a distended abdomen with prominent tendons, sparse hair, and thin legs.

Formulas Name : Fragrant Toad Pill

Chinese Name : 香蟾丹

Drug Formulation

5 dried toads (soak in water to remove bones; use a clay pot, scoop out the flesh from the top of the head and place it in a toad jar; seal with salt and mud; burn over rice-charcoal fire, leaving a small opening; stop when the smoke subsides; remove and leave on the ground overnight to remove the fire toxicity), 1 liang of snake shed skin (burned to ash), half a liang of earthworms (roasted), 1 fen of Indian turmeric,1 fen of cicada shells (grind all the above ingredients into a fine powder and set aside); half a liang of cinnabar (ground); 1 fen of musk (ground); 2 liang of Coptis chinensis.

Source

From *Selected Marvelous Medical Formulas*, cited in Volume 379 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder and form into pills the size of millet grains using glutinous rice.

Benefits

For various forms of wasting disease characterized by emaciation, a distended abdomen with prominent tendons, sparse hair, and thin legs.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills at a time, washed down with rice, at any time of day.

Fragrant Toad Pill,From *Selected Marvelous Medical Formulas*, cited in Volume 379 of *Formulas for Universal Relief*.,For various forms of wasting disease characterized by emaciation, a distended abdomen with prominent tendons, sparse hair, and thin legs.

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