Plague-Repelling Pill

Plague-Repelling Pill,

Formulas Name : Plague-Repelling Pill

Chinese Name : 辟疫丹

Drug Formulation

1 qian of realgar powder, half a fen of musk.

Source

From *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 1.

Processing

Pound the flesh of black jujubes into pills the size of a jujube pit and coat them with cinnabar.

Instructions for Use

Wrap in cotton and insert into the nose—the left nostril for men, the right for women—to prevent infection upon entering the home of a patient.

Plague-Repelling Pill,From *The Mystic Pearl of the Red Water*, Volume 1.,

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