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Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace and Black Plum Pills,For malaria.

Formulas Name : Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace and Black Plum Pills

Chinese Name : 鳖甲乌梅丸

Drug Formulation

Turtle Shell 1 piece (roasted with vinegar until crisp), Sichuan Changshan 1 liang (stir-fried with a small amount of wine until brown), Black Plum pulp 0.5 fen, Ginseng 0.7 fen, Anemarrhena Rhizome (stir-fried with wine) 1 liang 0.5 fen, Fritillaria Bulb 1 liang 0.5 fen, Areca Nut 1 liang 0.5 fen, Green Tangerine Peel (pulp removed) 1 liang, Dried Tangerine Peel (white pith removed) 1 liang, Cardamom Seed 0.8 qian.

Source

From *Huo Ren Xin Tong*, Volume 1.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, then mix with wine to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For malaria.

Instructions for Use

Take 70 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine or ginger soup, twice daily.

Note

Avoid pork, mutton, chicken, and all foods containing blood.

Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace and Black Plum Pills,From *Huo Ren Xin Tong*, Volume 1.,For malaria.

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