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Silver Foil Pills,For wind-epilepsy that has persisted for many years without cure, with gradually increasing wind-phlegm that triggers attacks upon exposure to heat.

Formulas Name : Silver Foil Pills

Chinese Name : 银箔丸

Drug Formulation

50 pieces of silver foil, 1 liang of dragon’s tooth, 1.5 liang of Ophiopogon tuber (core removed, roasted), 1.5 liang of black snake (soaked in wine, skin and bones removed, lightly roasted until slightly yellow), 1 liang of iron powder (finely ground),1 liang of ginseng (root tip removed), half a liang of Fangfeng (root tip removed), 1 liang of rhino horn shavings, 1 liang of Sichuan Cimicifuga, 1 liang of bear bile, and 1 liang of raw Rehmannia glutinosa.

Source

From *Shenghui*, Volume 22.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey, and form into pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For wind-epilepsy that has persisted for many years without cure, with gradually increasing wind-phlegm that triggers attacks upon exposure to heat.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills per dose, washed down with warm water, at any time of day.

Silver Foil Pills,From *Shenghui*, Volume 22.,For wind-epilepsy that has persisted for many years without cure, with gradually increasing wind-phlegm that triggers attacks upon exposure to heat.

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