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Red Wax Pills,For various types of chronic diarrhea and dysentery, sudden onset of gas and diarrhea, and menstrual disorders in women.

Formulas Name : Red Wax Pills

Chinese Name : 红蜡丸

Drug Formulation

Cinnabar 1 fen (ground to a very fine powder), borax 1 fen, sulfur 1 fen (grind these three ingredients together), croton seed (select uncracked seeds, remove the husk, lightly stir-fry in oil, wash off the oil with hot water, and wipe dry) half liang.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 77.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a paste, melt one liang and a half of yellow wax, mix thoroughly, and immediately roll into pills the size of millet grains.

Benefits

For various types of chronic diarrhea and dysentery, sudden onset of gas and diarrhea, and menstrual disorders in women.

Instructions for Use

Take 2–3 pills with rice porridge; for sudden, profuse watery diarrhea or bloody dysentery, take with licorice decoction; for white dysentery, take with dried ginger decoction; for mixed red and white dysentery, take with licorice and dried ginger decoction; for women’s blood and qi disorders, take with safflower wine.

Red Wax Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 77.,For various types of chronic diarrhea and dysentery, sudden onset of gas and diarrhea, and menstrual disorders in women.

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