Fucan Pills，*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 12).，For various forms of malnutrition in children, diarrhea, dysentery, convulsions, and other ailments that have not healed for a long time, as well as emaciation and weakness following weaning, where the child grows increasingly frail and the condition is untreatable.
Fucan Pills
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Formulas Name : Fucan Pills
Chinese Name : 覆蚕丸
Drug Formulation
1 Fùcán silkworm (thread its head with paper, air-dry it, and use only the part toward the rear containing feces; grind it finely. A Fùcán silkworm is one that has emerged for the second time), 3 fen of cinnabar (ground and washed with water), 3 zì of musk (ground), 3.5 qián of black pepper, 3.5 qián of realgar (ground and washed with water), and 3.5 qián of Coptis chinensis.
Source
*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 12).
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take a piece of freshly steamed millet rice, wrap it in clay, and bake it. Extract the soft center and mix it with the powder to form pills the size of mung beans.
Benefits
For various forms of malnutrition in children, diarrhea, dysentery, convulsions, and other ailments that have not healed for a long time, as well as emaciation and weakness following weaning, where the child grows increasingly frail and the condition is untreatable.
Instructions for Use
Take 5–7 pills per dose, washed down with Musk Decoction.
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Fucan Pills,For various forms of malnutrition in children, diarrhea, dysentery, convulsions, and other ailments that have not healed for a long time, as well as emaciation and weakness following weaning, where the child grows increasingly frail and the condition is untreatable.