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Hua Tuo’s Shunsheng Pill

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Hua Tuo’s Shunsheng Pill,Difficult labor.

Formulas Name : Hua Tuo’s Shunsheng Pill

Chinese Name : 华佗顺生丹

Drug Formulation

Cinnabar 5 qian (water-floated), Frankincense 1 liang.

Source

From *A Concise Explanation of Medical Formulas*, Volume 5.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. At noon on the Dragon Boat Festival, use pig’s heart blood to form pills the size of a water caltrop.

Benefits

Difficult labor.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill per dose, washed down with a decoction made from 3 qian of Angelica sinensis and 2 qian of Chuanxiong.

Hua Tuo’s Shunsheng Pill,From *A Concise Explanation of Medical Formulas*, Volume 5.,Difficult labor.

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