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Fragrant Turtle Shell Pills,For children with malnutrition and food stagnation: intermittent fever, night sweats, emaciation, restlessness and thirst, heat in the palms and soles, profuse sweating, and weakness.

Formulas Name : Fragrant Turtle Shell Pills

Chinese Name : 香甲丸

Drug Formulation

1 fen of Wood Fragrance; half liang of Softshell Turtle Carapace (with edges removed, vinegar-roasted); half liang of Areca Nut; half liang of Evodia Fruit (using the flesh); half liang of Bupleurum (root stalk removed); half liang of Coptis (stems removed).

Source

Quoted from *Zhuang’s Family Tradition* in Volume 26 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with pig bile, and form into pills the size of mung beans.

Benefits

For children with malnutrition and food stagnation: intermittent fever, night sweats, emaciation, restlessness and thirst, heat in the palms and soles, profuse sweating, and weakness.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills per dose, taken with rice water at noon and before bedtime.

Fragrant Turtle Shell Pills,Quoted from *Zhuang’s Family Tradition* in Volume 26 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.,For children with malnutrition and food stagnation: intermittent fever, night sweats, emaciation, restlessness and thirst, heat in the palms and soles, profuse sweating, and weakness.

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