Shijunzi Cake，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 399.，Caused by consuming coarse meat; fatty and sweet foods generate heat; resulting in emaciation and physical weakness, with clear saliva flowing from the mouth, a purplish hue between the lips, abdominal colic, and black worms emerging from the mouth and nose—a condition that is otherwise untreatable.
Shijunzi Cake
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Formulas Name : Shijunzi Cake
Chinese Name : 使君子饼
Drug Formulation
40 Shijunzi (shelled), Leiwan half liang, Dingfen 2 fen, Qingfen half qian, Qinghuazi 1 fen, Heshizi 1 fen.
Source
From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 399.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder.
Benefits
Caused by consuming coarse meat; fatty and sweet foods generate heat; resulting in emaciation and physical weakness, with clear saliva flowing from the mouth, a purplish hue between the lips, abdominal colic, and black worms emerging from the mouth and nose—a condition that is otherwise untreatable.
Instructions for Use
Mix with chicken or duck eggs and steam into cakes. First, take this medicine at the fifth watch of the night every other day; subsequently, use Scallion Soup Pills (25 seeds of Croton tiglium, soaked in water overnight; at the beginning of the fifth watch, drain the water; then remove the skin, shell, and inner membrane—leaving the oil intact—and grind separately; add half a qian of mercury oxide, 5 qian of talc, and 5 qian of eagle droppings) to induce evacuation.
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Shijunzi Cake,Caused by consuming coarse meat; fatty and sweet foods generate heat; resulting in emaciation and physical weakness, with clear saliva flowing from the mouth, a purplish hue between the lips, abdominal colic, and black worms emerging from the mouth and nose—a condition that is otherwise untreatable.