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Like the “Sacred Needle-Head Pills”,For dysentery.

Formulas Name : Like the “Sacred Needle-Head Pills”

Chinese Name : 如圣针头丸

Drug Formulation

Wood Fragrance, Croton Seed, and Lightly Fermented Soybean Paste, each in equal parts.

Source

From *Shenghui*, cited in Volume 1 of *Xiu Zhen*.

Processing

Mix the ingredients thoroughly and form into pills the size of radish seeds.

Benefits

For dysentery.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill per dose; for white dysentery, take with dried ginger decoction; for red dysentery, take with licorice-infused water; for mixed red and white dysentery, take with a decoction of dried ginger and licorice.

Like the “Sacred Needle-Head Pills”,From *Shenghui*, cited in Volume 1 of *Xiu Zhen*.,For dysentery.

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