Life-Saving Night-Bright Sand Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 173.,For childhood malnutrition.
Life-Saving Night-Bright Sand Pills
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Formulas Name : Life-Saving Night-Bright Sand Pills
Chinese Name : 定命夜明沙丸
Drug Formulation
Yeming Sha (roasted) 1 fen, Qing Dai (ground) 1 fen, Snake Shed Skin (roasted) 1 fen, Cicada Shed Skin (cleaned of soil) 1 fen, Musk (ground) 1 fen, Earthworm (cleaned of soil, roasted) 1 fen, Dried Toad (burned to ash, ground) 1 fen, Grasshoppers (roasted) 40.
Source
*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 173.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder and form into pills the size of a sesame seed using millet rice.
Benefits
For childhood malnutrition.
Instructions for Use
Children aged 1–2 years should take 3 pills per dose; children aged 3–4 years should take 5 pills per dose. Both groups should take the medicine with rice water, once on an empty stomach and once at noon each day. Additionally, dissolve 1 pill in water and instill a few drops into each nostril. Bathe the child in a decoction of peach and willow branches, then wrap the child in blue cloth.
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Life-Saving Night-Bright Sand Pills,For childhood malnutrition.