Life-Saving Pill

Life-Saving Pill,White turbidity.

Formulas Name : Life-Saving Pill

Chinese Name : 夺命丸

Drug Formulation

Pinellia (large pieces; break each into four; use one handful of Shixieli, coarsely chopped; stir-fry together with the Pinellia until yellow; remove the Shixieli and use only the Pinellia) 49 grains; lotus seed kernels 49; dragon bone (calcined, ground separately) half liang;Poria cocos (peeled) half liang, Polygala tenuifolia half liang (core removed), and white alum (dried) half liang.

Source

From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Use the natural juice of Plantain herb to cook a paste, then form it into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

White turbidity.

Instructions for Use

Take 40–50 pills per dose on an empty stomach, washed down with salted water.

Life-Saving Pill,From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.,White turbidity.

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