Fragrant Toad Pills,From *General Essentials of Health*, Volume 12.,For various forms of wasting disease in children.
Fragrant Toad Pills
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Formulas Name : Fragrant Toad Pills
Chinese Name : 香蟾丸
Drug Formulation
Softshell Turtle Carapace (remove frills, roast with vinegar until yellow) 1 liang; Toad (roast until yellow) 1 liang; Chebulic Myrobalan (roasted, remove pulp) 1 liang; Wood Fragrance 1 liang; Aloe (ground) half a liang; Iron Powder (ground) half a liang; Realgar (ground to a fine powder); Coptis (Huanglian) half a liang; Musk 2 fen (ground).
Source
From *General Essentials of Health*, Volume 12.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; mix with wheat flour paste to form pills the size of a millet seed.
Benefits
For various forms of wasting disease in children.
Instructions for Use
Take 10 pills per dose, washed down with rice water. For severely emaciated patients, recovery is achieved within 5–7 doses.
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Fragrant Toad Pills,For various forms of wasting disease in children.