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Snail Paste

Formulas Name : Snail Paste

Chinese Name : 田螺捻子

Drug Formulation

3 river snails, 5 fen of borneol, 5 fen of white arsenic, 1 qian of realgar.

Source

*Treatise on Blood Disorders*, Volume 8.

Processing

Pound the ingredients together and form into pellets using rice paste.

Snail Paste,*Treatise on Blood Disorders*, Volume 8.,

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