Scorpion-Tiger Pill

Scorpion-Tiger Pill,For all cases of wasting and emaciation, complete symptoms of dysentery, and unexplained toxic wasting.

Formulas Name : Scorpion-Tiger Pill

Chinese Name : 蝎虎丹

Drug Formulation

1 dried scorpion (male, lightly roasted), 1 fen of snail shell, 1 fen of starch flower, 1 fen of orchid root (grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; add the following ingredients afterward), 1 fen of water-ground realgar, 1 fen of musk, and half a fen of borneol (finely ground).

Source

Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in *New Book on the Care of Infants* (Volume 24).

Processing

Mix the ingredients thoroughly, then form into pills the size of millet grains using a paste of rice vinegar and wheat flour.

Benefits

For all cases of wasting and emaciation, complete symptoms of dysentery, and unexplained toxic wasting.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills per dose, mixed with boiled sesame seed tea after breastfeeding or a meal.

Scorpion-Tiger Pill,Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in *New Book on the Care of Infants* (Volume 24).,For all cases of wasting and emaciation, complete symptoms of dysentery, and unexplained toxic wasting.

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