Pig’s Tooth and Soapberry Pills

Pig’s Tooth and Soapberry Pills,Heat-induced exhaustion. Or coughing and shortness of breath, distension in both flanks, loss of appetite, hard and difficult bowel movements, dry heat in the heart, and a state of confusion and restlessness.

Formulas Name : Pig’s Tooth and Soapberry Pills

Chinese Name : 猪牙皂荚丸

Drug Formulation

1 liang of softshell turtle shell (coated with butter or roasted with vinegar until yellow; remove the frills), half a liang of pig’s tooth soapberry (remove the black skin; coat with butter and roast until charred yellow; remove the seeds),half liang of peach kernels (soaked in hot water, remove the skin, tip, and double kernels; stir-fried with wheat bran until slightly yellow), half liang of prunus mume kernels (soaked in hot water, remove the skin and tip; lightly stir-fried), 1 liang of parietal bone (coated with butter and roasted until yellow), 1 fen of sweet shepherd’s purse (stir-fried through paper until yellow or purple), half liang of tiger skull bone (coated with butter and roasted until yellow), and half liang of dried Artemisia annua.

Source

Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 31); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 229).

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

Heat-induced exhaustion. Or coughing and shortness of breath, distension in both flanks, loss of appetite, hard and difficult bowel movements, dry heat in the heart, and a state of confusion and restlessness.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills per dose, washed down with Ophiopogon Decoction, at any time of day.

Note

Avoid amaranth.

Pig’s Tooth and Soapberry Pills,Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 31); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 229).,Heat-induced exhaustion. Or coughing and shortness of breath, distension in both flanks, loss of appetite, hard and difficult bowel movements, dry heat in the heart, and a state of confusion and restlessness.

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