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Male Musk Pills,For consumptive wasting disease.

Formulas Name : Male Musk Pills

Chinese Name : 雄麝丸

Drug Formulation

2.5 qian of realgar, 2.5 qian of orpiment, 2.5 qian of indigo powder (dried), 2.5 qian of hematite (calcined and quenched in vinegar), 2.5 qian of cinnabar (finely ground), 1 large toad (roasted in wine until yellow), 2 qian of benzoin, 2 qian of asafoetida (soaked in wine and ground),2 qian of human parietal bone (fried with butter until golden), half a qian of musk, and 10 seeds of Sichuan croton (plump ones, with oil slightly removed).

Source

*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 9.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Knead with soft glutinous rice dough and shape into pills with a pestle, each about the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For consumptive wasting disease.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills per dose, along with 14 peach kernels (peeled, ground, and decocted into a broth); take on an empty stomach at the fifth watch on the first day of the lunar month.

Male Musk Pills,*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 9.,For consumptive wasting disease.

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