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Needle-Head Pills,For cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, accompanied by abdominal pain.

Formulas Name : Needle-Head Pills

Chinese Name : 针头饼子

Drug Formulation

20 croton seeds (shells removed; boil in half a zhan of water until all the water has evaporated), 1 qian of asafoetida, 1 qian of sulfur.

Source

From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 18.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with a thin wheat paste to form pills the size of a paulownia seed, then shape them into cakes.

Benefits

For cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, accompanied by abdominal pain.

Instructions for Use

Take one cake per dose; secure it with a needle, then burn it over a lamp flame until 3 fen of its essence remains. Dissolve it in a light ginger broth and take it at any time.

Needle-Head Pills,From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 18.,For cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, accompanied by abdominal pain.

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