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Military Pills,For snake and bee stings.

Formulas Name : Military Pills

Chinese Name : 入军丸

Drug Formulation

3 liang of realgar, 2 liang of calcined arsenic trioxide, 2 liang of calcined alum, 1 liang of ghost arrow, 1 fen of calcined realgar stem (burned until charred), 1.5 fen of goat horn, and 2 fen of calcined stove ash.

Source

*Formulas from the Heart of Medicine*, Volume 26, citing *Records of Verified Cases from Ancient and Modern Times*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with the yolk of a chicken egg and the blood from the comb of a red rooster to form pills the size of an apricot kernel.

Benefits

For snake and bee stings.

Instructions for Use

Apply one pill to the site of the bite or sting.

Military Pills,*Formulas from the Heart of Medicine*, Volume 26, citing *Records of Verified Cases from Ancient and Modern Times*.,For snake and bee stings.

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