Mantis Beetle Pills，From *Shenghui*, Volume 66.，For scrofula nodules that are swollen and hard, clustered together like pearls, accompanied by discomfort and pain in the head, neck, and shoulder blades.
Mantis Beetle Pills
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Formulas Name : Mantis Beetle Pills
Chinese Name : 斑蝥丸
Drug Formulation
Mangostan 1 fen (preferably with red and black spots; remove head, wings, and legs; stir-fried),Pig’s Tooth Soap 1 fen (remove the black skin; roast until yellow), Snake Shed Skin half liang (lightly roasted), Black Snake 1.5 liang (soaked in wine; remove skin and bones; roast until slightly yellow), Tiannanxing half liang (roasted until cracked; remove skin), Dew-Soaked Bee Hive half liang (burned to ash), Sichuan Rhubarb 3 fen (chopped finely; lightly roasted),1 fen of musk (ground), and half a liang of Wilfordia.
Source
From *Shenghui*, Volume 66.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, mix in the musk and grind until uniform, then mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.
Benefits
For scrofula nodules that are swollen and hard, clustered together like pearls, accompanied by discomfort and pain in the head, neck, and shoulder blades.
Instructions for Use
Take 10 pills per dose on an empty stomach, washed down with congee broth. Between the hours of Chen and Si, the patient will expel discharges resembling toad skin and various foul substances.
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Mantis Beetle Pills,For scrofula nodules that are swollen and hard, clustered together like pearls, accompanied by discomfort and pain in the head, neck, and shoulder blades.