Live Turtle Pills

Live Turtle Pills,Intestinal wind, hemorrhoids with fistula.

Formulas Name : Live Turtle Pills

Chinese Name : 活龟丸

Drug Formulation

1 large river or lake turtle (First, heat the ground with firewood; cover the turtle with a lid to allow the heat to drive out the foul fumes. Once the fumes have dissipated, wrap the entire body tightly with straw rope, seal the exterior with yellow clay, and roast it over charcoal until cooked through. Remove, peel off the shell completely, and grind the meat into a paste. Coat the shell with beef bone marrow and roast it 5–7 times,until thoroughly permeated and crisp-dry, then ground into powder), 1 liang of Coptis (steamed and sun-dried nine times), and 3 qian 3 fen of Angelica sinensis root tips.

Source

*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder, mix with the prepared turtle meat, and pound into pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

Intestinal wind, hemorrhoids with fistula.

Instructions for Use

Take 40–50 pills per dose, washed down with plain hot water.

Live Turtle Pills,*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.,Intestinal wind, hemorrhoids with fistula.

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