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Guan-Eliminating Pills,For childhood convulsions and wasting disease, palpitations and anxiety, sallow complexion and emaciation, sores on the mouth and tongue, and frequent drowsiness with dry, sore eyes.

Formulas Name : Guan-Eliminating Pills

Chinese Name : 退疳丸

Drug Formulation

Half a qian of Hu Huanglian, half a qian of Huanglian (stems removed), half a qian of Da Huang, 1 fen of Chen Jupi (soaked in hot water, white pith removed, and roasted), 1 fen of Kulin Root (grind the above 5 ingredients into a fine powder; mix with pig gallbladder juice, then place the mixture back into the gallbladder and sew it shut with thread; add 2 bowls of water and boil until all the water has evaporated; remove the medicine); 1 fen of Qing Dai (ground), 1 fen of Shijunzi (shell removed),cinnabar (ground) 1 fen, aloe (ground) 1 fen, musk (ground) half a qian.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 172.

Processing

Grind the last five ingredients separately into a fine powder. Mix this with the powder from the pig’s gallbladder to form pills the size of mung beans.

Benefits

For childhood convulsions and wasting disease, palpitations and anxiety, sallow complexion and emaciation, sores on the mouth and tongue, and frequent drowsiness with dry, sore eyes.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills at a time, washed down with rice water, at any time of day.

Guan-Eliminating Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 172.,For childhood convulsions and wasting disease, palpitations and anxiety, sallow complexion and emaciation, sores on the mouth and tongue, and frequent drowsiness with dry, sore eyes.

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