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She Lao Pills,Leprosy. Deformities and physical deterioration; all malignant conditions.

Formulas Name : She Lao Pills

Chinese Name : 射老丸

Drug Formulation

Cicada shells 2 liang 5 qian, Angelica sinensis 2 liang 5 qian, Bupleurum 2 liang 5 qian, Schizonepeta 2 liang 5 qian, Sophora flavescens 3 liang, Saposhnikovia 3 liang, whole scorpions 4 liang, Ligusticum chuanxiong 1 liang 5 qian, Dehuo 1 liang 6 qian, Qianghuo 2 liang.

Source

*Resolving the Source of the Yuan* (Volume 3).

Processing

Sun-dry the ingredients and grind into a fine powder. For every 1 liang of the powder, add 1 liang 6 qian of ground maple seed pulp. Mix into a paste with red rice paste, form into pills the size of a tung seed, and coat with Western pearls.

Benefits

Leprosy. Deformities and physical deterioration; all malignant conditions.

Instructions for Use

Take 80 pills per dose with plain hot water, three times daily. After 3 days, the scaly skin on the black-purple patches on the lower legs will gradually improve; after 10 days, take a purgative (1 qian of river frost, 3 qian of soapwort powder; mix with cooked rice to form pills the size of radish seeds; take 2 pills per dose with plain hot water) once; repeat this purgation three times per month.

She Lao Pills,*Resolving the Source of the Yuan* (Volume 3).,Leprosy. Deformities and physical deterioration; all malignant conditions.

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