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Pill to Ward Off Epidemics and Exorcise Evil Spirits

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Pill to Ward Off Epidemics and Exorcise Evil Spirits

Formulas Name : Pill to Ward Off Epidemics and Exorcise Evil Spirits

Chinese Name : 辟温杀鬼丸

Drug Formulation

Real Reaper’s Yellow 3 liang, Female Reaper’s Yellow 3 liang, Goat Horn 7 liang, Tiger Bone 7 liang, Dragon Bone 3 liang, Tortoise Shell 3 liang, Crucian Carp 3 liang, Porcupine Skin 3 liang, Wild Chicken 15, Lapis Lazuli 1 liang, Ligusticum Wallichii 5 liang, Genuine Cinnabar 5 liang, Chicken Head from the East Gate 1.

Source

*Qianjin*, Volume 9.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, melt 20 liang of wax, and mix them together by hand to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Instructions for Use

On New Year’s Day, burn one pill in front of the doorway and wear one on the body—men on the left, women on the right. When sleeping alone, attending a funeral, or visiting the sick, swallow one pill the size of a mung bean. On overcast or foggy days, it is best to burn one pill in front of the door or window.

Pill to Ward Off Epidemics and Exorcise Evil Spirits,*Qianjin*, Volume 9.,

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