Gate-Opening Pill

Gate-Opening Pill,For diaphragmatic obstruction, where food cannot be ingested and, if ingested, is regurgitated.

Formulas Name : Gate-Opening Pill

Chinese Name : 开关丹

Drug Formulation

1 gallstone, 1.5 cash-sized pieces of瓦楞子, 0.5 fen of raw alum, 0.5 fen of calcined alum, 0.5 fen of realgar, 0.5 fen of ox bile, 0.5 fen of amber, 0.5 fen of frankincense, 0.5 fen of myrrh, 0.5 fen of pearl, 0.5 fen of white降丹, 0.5 fen of white arsenic (prepared by mixing with human feces and yellow clay, then calcined), and 0.1 fen of musk.

Source

From *Li Ye*.

Processing

Form into pills the size of a mustard seed using the gallbladder of a blue carp.

Benefits

For diaphragmatic obstruction, where food cannot be ingested and, if ingested, is regurgitated.

Instructions for Use

Apply as a poultice.

Gate-Opening Pill,From *Li Ye*.,For diaphragmatic obstruction, where food cannot be ingested and, if ingested, is regurgitated.

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