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Sha Gan Bao Tong Pills,For all types of malnutrition in children, characterized by emaciation, dry hair, scorched-yellow hair, and internal heat with restlessness.

Formulas Name : Sha Gan Bao Tong Pills

Chinese Name : 煞疳保童丸

Drug Formulation

Half a liang of Indigo Powder, 1 fen of bear bile, 1 black dog gallbladder, half a liang of musk, 1 fen of aloe, 5 carp gallbladders, 1 fen of toad head ash, 1 fen of snail (roasted until yellow and ground into powder), 1 fen of mercury (ground with a small amount of jujube pulp until all crystals are dissolved).

Source

*Shenghui* (Volume 86).

Processing

First, finely grind the Indigo Powder and other ingredients; then add the various gallbladders and grind until uniform. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a millet seed.

Benefits

For all types of malnutrition in children, characterized by emaciation, dry hair, scorched-yellow hair, and internal heat with restlessness.

Instructions for Use

Take 5 pills per dose, washed down with cold water.

Sha Gan Bao Tong Pills,*Shenghui* (Volume 86).,For all types of malnutrition in children, characterized by emaciation, dry hair, scorched-yellow hair, and internal heat with restlessness.

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