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Labor-Inducing Motherwort Pills

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Labor-Inducing Motherwort Pills

Formulas Name : Labor-Inducing Motherwort Pills

Chinese Name : 催生益母丸

Drug Formulation

Motherwort (stems harvested on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, air-dried in the shade without exposure to sunlight, kept away from iron utensils, and ground into powder) half jin; Plantain Seeds 1 liang (ground); Winter Mallow Seeds 5 qian; Trifoliate Orange Peel 5 qian; Achyranthes Root 5 qian.

Source

*New Book on Childbirth*, Volume 5.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder and mix with honey to form pills the size of a marble.

Instructions for Use

Take one pill per dose; during labor, dissolve it in a mixture of wine and a child’s urine, or use rice soup instead.

Labor-Inducing Motherwort Pills,*New Book on Childbirth*, Volume 5.,

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