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Ganqi Pill,Convulsions and wasting in children.

Formulas Name : Ganqi Pill

Chinese Name : 感气丸

Drug Formulation

Aconite Root (roasted until cracked, peel and pith removed, ground into powder) 1 Daqianbi, Talc 2 Qianbi, Melon Seeds (ground into powder) 27 pieces, Musk (Dangmenzi) 1 piece.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 172.

Processing

Grind all ingredients except musk and talcum powder into a fine powder. Mix thoroughly with the bile of a wild boar, then add the musk. Place the mixture in a pig’s gallbladder, hang it with a string on a yellow earthen wall, and each day before washing your face, spray the mixture repeatedly into your mouth for 7 days. Afterward, retrieve the medicine, grind it again into a fine powder, and form it into pills the size of a sesame seed using pig bile, then coat them with cinnabar.

Benefits

Convulsions and wasting in children.

Instructions for Use

Take 5–7 pills per dose, adjusting the amount according to the child’s condition; take on an empty stomach or before bedtime with warm, boiled water.

Ganqi Pill,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 172.,Convulsions and wasting in children.

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