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Method for Avoiding Heat

Formulas Name : Method for Avoiding Heat

Chinese Name : 避热术

Drug Formulation

4 liang of alum, 4 liang of white calcined gypsum, 4 liang of cinnabar, 4 liang of magnetite, and 4 liang of cinnamon bark.

Source

From *The Medical Heart Formula* (Volume 26), citing *The Formulas of Divine Wonder*.

Instructions for Use

Mix with pine resin to form pellets the size of small beans; swallow 4 pellets in the evening.

Method for Avoiding Heat,From *The Medical Heart Formula* (Volume 26), citing *The Formulas of Divine Wonder*.,

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