Musk Pill

Musk Pill,For children with lung malnutrition, dry skin and hair, coughing, and shortness of breath.

Formulas Name : Musk Pill

Chinese Name : 麝香丹

Drug Formulation

Perilla seeds (roasted) 1 fen, Schisandra berries 1 fen, Pinellia (washed 7 times) half liang, Coptis rhizome 1 liang, dried toad (roasted with butter) 1 piece, musk, aloe, cinnabar.

Source

From Chapter 23 of *The New Book on the Care of Infants*, citing a formula by Zhang Huan.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder and form into pills the size of millet grains using jujube pulp.

Benefits

For children with lung malnutrition, dry skin and hair, coughing, and shortness of breath.

Instructions for Use

Take 5–7 pills per dose, washed down with rice water.

Musk Pill,From Chapter 23 of *The New Book on the Care of Infants*, citing a formula by Zhang Huan.,For children with lung malnutrition, dry skin and hair, coughing, and shortness of breath.

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