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Mysterious Pill

Formulas Name : Mysterious Pill

Chinese Name : 无名丹

Drug Formulation

1 jin of Mao Mountain Atractylodes, 1 liang of Sichuan Aconite, 2 liang of Dragon Bone, 2 liang of Broken Paper Tree Bark, 3 liang of Sichuan Melia Fruit, and 3 liang of Fennel.

Source

From *Ji Feng*, Volume 7.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with a paste made from wine and boiled flour to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed; coat with cinnabar.

Instructions for Use

Take up to 100 pills, or at least 30. Take on an empty stomach or before meals, washed down with warm wine, rice water, or salted water. To maximize the medicinal effect, take 50 pills with cold wine.

Mysterious Pill,From *Ji Feng*, Volume 7.,

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