Horse-Riding Labor-Inducing Pill，*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 356.，For critical cases of difficult labor, transverse or breech presentation, fetal death in utero, or retained placenta.
Horse-Riding Labor-Inducing Pill
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Formulas Name : Horse-Riding Labor-Inducing Pill
Chinese Name : 走马催生丹
Drug Formulation
1 liang of Bright Cinnabar (ground), 1 qian of Musk (ground),7 tender peach shoots, 7 tender willow shoots (if unavailable, use the bark; it must face east—those facing east are best), 1 male snake molt (one with both head and tail intact; those shed on trees are male; otherwise, take only the middle 5 cun, burn until the smoke is nearly gone, then quickly remove it; place it in a porcelain bowl on the ground, surround it with wet soil, leave it for a long time, then remove and grind into a powder).
Source
*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 356.
Processing
Grind cinnabar and musk into a very fine powder. Grind the tender shoots of peach and willow together with the above two ingredients until fine, then add the snake molt ash and grind until uniform. Form into pills the size of a Hu Jiao seed using glutinous rice, coat with cinnabar, and dry in the sun.
Benefits
For critical cases of difficult labor, transverse or breech presentation, fetal death in utero, or retained placenta.
Instructions for Use
For difficult labor, take 1 pill per dose, washed down with light vinegar broth. Shortly thereafter, the infant will be born; take the pill from the child’s hand—left for a boy, right for a girl—and guide it out with your hand.
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Horse-Riding Labor-Inducing Pill,For critical cases of difficult labor, transverse or breech presentation, fetal death in utero, or retained placenta.