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Ghost-Slaying Pills,For seasonal epidemics and miasmas.

Formulas Name : Ghost-Slaying Pills

Chinese Name : 杀鬼丸

Drug Formulation

2 liang of tiger skull bone (roasted), 2 liang of cinnabar, 2 liang of genuine pearl, 2 liang of realgar, 2 liang of orpiment, 2 liang of ghost-bowl, 2 liang of azurite, 2 liang of malachite, 2 liang of soapberry (peeled and roasted), 2 liang of platycodon,2 liang of Wu-yi, 2 liang of White Angelica, 2 liang of Chuanxiong, 2 liang of White Atractylodes, 2 liang of Ghost Arrow (peeled and feathered), 2 liang of Ghost Du-you, 2 liang of Lepidium, 2 liang of Acorus.

Source

Quoted from Ding Jifang in Volume 10 of *Qianjin Yi*.

Processing

Grind the above herbs into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a marble.

Benefits

For seasonal epidemics and miasmas.

Instructions for Use

Wear them around the waist—men on the left, women on the right.

Ghost-Slaying Pills,Quoted from Ding Jifang in Volume 10 of *Qianjin Yi*.,For seasonal epidemics and miasmas.

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