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Miraculous Pills,Chronic stagnation of pathogenic qi, discomfort in the chest and heart, vomiting, phlegm regurgitation, and distension and pain in the flanks.

Formulas Name : Miraculous Pills

Chinese Name : 如神丸

Drug Formulation

1 liang of Aconite (with skin and pith removed), 1 liang of dried lacquer, 1 liang of dried ginger, 1 liang of Cinnamon (with coarse bark removed; grind the above three ingredients together into a powder), half a liang of realgar (ground separately), and half a liang of croton seed (with skin and inner membrane removed, ground into a fine powder).

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 72.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with the flesh of steamed jujubes to form a mass. Wrap it thickly in damp paper, seal it with a mixture of salt and mud to a thickness of about one finger, and let it ferment in the shade for three days. Dry it in the sun. Place it in a pit in the ground and burn 3 jin of charcoal in a pile around it. When half the charcoal has burned away, remove it. Shape it into pills the size of small beans, adjusting the consistency as needed.

Benefits

Chronic stagnation of pathogenic qi, discomfort in the chest and heart, vomiting, phlegm regurgitation, and distension and pain in the flanks.

Instructions for Use

Take 3–5 pills each time, washed down with wood apple soup, at any time of day.

Miraculous Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 72.,Chronic stagnation of pathogenic qi, discomfort in the chest and heart, vomiting, phlegm regurgitation, and distension and pain in the flanks.

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