River Bladder Pills,From *The Collection for Preserving Life*, Volume Middle.,Tetanus.
River Bladder Pills
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Formulas Name : River Bladder Pills
Chinese Name : 江鳔丸
Drug Formulation
Half a liang of river fish bladder (chopped, stir-fried), half a liang of wild pigeon droppings (stir-fried), 1 qian of realgar, half a liang of white silkworm pupae, 1 pair of centipedes, and 1 liang of gastrodia.
Source
From *The Collection for Preserving Life*, Volume Middle.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Divide the powder into two portions. For one portion, shape the mixture into pills the size of a Paulownia seed using baked flatbread as a binder, and coat them with cinnabar; for the other portion, mix in 1 qian of croton seed powder, shape into pills the size of a Paulownia seed using baked flatbread as a binder, and do not coat them with cinnabar.
Benefits
Tetanus.
Instructions for Use
Take 20 cinnabar-coated pills and 1 pill containing croton seed powder per dose; for the second dose, take 2 pills, increasing the amount until a strong diarrhea occurs; then take the cinnabar-coated pills again until the illness is cured.
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Terminology Proofreading: [Cheng Bo] | August 26, 2026 Reviewed by: [Wang Zhongxiang, Associate Chief TCM Physician (China)] | August 26, 2026
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River Bladder Pills,Tetanus.