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Frost-and-Ink Pills,Chronic malaria.

Formulas Name : Frost-and-Ink Pills

Chinese Name : 霜墨丸

Drug Formulation

1 qian of arsenic trioxide, half a qian of soot, half a qian of mugwort ash, and 1 fen of mung bean powder.

Source

From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 35.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with glutinous rice porridge to form pills the size of a small bean.

Benefits

Chronic malaria.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 pills per dose, washed down with vinegar-flavored broth one hour before the onset of an attack. Prepare the mixture facing east before sunrise on the Dragon Boat Festival; do not speak while doing so.

Frost-and-Ink Pills,From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 35.,Chronic malaria.

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