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Snake-Rhinoceros Powder,Scrofula.

Formulas Name : Snake-Rhinoceros Powder

Chinese Name : 蛇犀散

Drug Formulation

White-flowered Snake Meat (soaked in wine and baked) 4 liang, Rhinoceros Horn (chipped) 1 liang, Green Tangerine Peel (white pith removed, baked) half a liang, Pharbitis Seed 1.5 liang (1 liang stir-fried, half a liang used raw).

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 126.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder.

Benefits

Scrofula.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 qian bi per dose; separately add 2 qian bi of talcum powder, mix with glutinous rice drink, and take at the beginning of the fifth watch; by noon, the pathological matter will be expelled. If not completely expelled, take another dose after half a month. For cases where an ulcer has not yet formed, the condition will resolve internally; for cases where an ulcer has formed, the ulcer will dry up and heal on its own.

Snake-Rhinoceros Powder,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 126.,Scrofula.

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