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Guangming Sand Pills,For children with bone fever who are growing progressively weaker and unable to eat or drink.

Formulas Name : Guangming Sand Pills

Chinese Name : 光明砂丸

Drug Formulation

Half liang of Bright Sand (finely ground, washed with water), half liang of Guzi Flower, half liang of Realgar (finely ground), 3 areca nuts, 1 fen of peach kernels (soaked in hot water, with skin, tip, and double kernels removed, then stir-fried with wheat bran until slightly yellow), 30 pieces of gold leaf (finely ground), half liang of purple quartz (finely ground, washed with water), and 1 fen of Polygala (with the core removed).

Source

*Shenghui*, Volume 88.

Processing

Grind all ingredients into a fine powder, mix thoroughly, and shape into pills the size of a sesame seed using refined honey.

Benefits

For children with bone fever who are growing progressively weaker and unable to eat or drink.

Instructions for Use

Take 5 pills each time, washed down with porridge broth, three times daily.

Guangming Sand Pills,*Shenghui*, Volume 88.,For children with bone fever who are growing progressively weaker and unable to eat or drink.

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