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Snake Shed Skin Pills,For difficult labor lasting several days without delivery.

Formulas Name : Snake Shed Skin Pills

Chinese Name : 蛇蜕皮丸

Drug Formulation

1 snake shed (burned to ash), 1 rabbit brain from the 12th lunar month, and a piece of carnauba wax the size of a date (sun-dried).

Source

From *The Comprehensive Record of Holy Remedies*, Volume 159.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with rabbit brain marrow to form pills the size of a tung tree seed.

Benefits

For difficult labor lasting several days without delivery.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills at a time, washed down with warm wine.

Snake Shed Skin Pills,From *The Comprehensive Record of Holy Remedies*, Volume 159.,For difficult labor lasting several days without delivery.

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