Steamed Chicken Pills

Steamed Chicken Pills,For children suffering from chronic malnutrition, bone-wasting fever, night sweats, emaciation, abdominal distension, sallow complexion, failure to gain weight despite eating, crying day and night, excessive thirst, and poor appetite.

Formulas Name : Steamed Chicken Pills

Chinese Name : 蒸鸡丸

Drug Formulation

1 liang of Coptis, 1 liang of Bupleurum, half a liang of Cnidium, half a liang of Eupolyphaga, 1 liang of Gentiana, 1 liang of Anemarrhena, 1 liang of Poria, and 1 liang of Evodia.

Source

From *Jin Ying Fang*, cited in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 379.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder. Place one yellow rooster (weighing 1 jin) in a cage and feed it exclusively with hemp seeds for five days. Afterward, pluck the feathers until clean, make an incision behind the wing, remove the intestines and internal organs, clean and wipe them dry, then fill the chicken’s abdomen with the prepared medicine and sew it closed with thread;Take a small steamer; first line the bottom with black beans to a thickness of 3 cun. Place the chicken inside the steamer, surround it on all sides with black beans, and cover the top securely with black beans. Steam from sunrise until evening. Allow it to cool to room temperature, then remove the chicken and grind the lean meat until smooth. If the mixture is too hard, add a paste made from wine and flour to the herbal powder and form into pills the size of red beans.

Benefits

For children suffering from chronic malnutrition, bone-wasting fever, night sweats, emaciation, abdominal distension, sallow complexion, failure to gain weight despite eating, crying day and night, excessive thirst, and poor appetite.

Instructions for Use

For children aged 2 years, take 12 pills per dose, swallowed with rice soup; there is no specific time for administration. For children aged 15 years, take the pills with warm wine.

Note

Avoid pork and meat from yellow female chickens.

Steamed Chicken Pills,From *Jin Ying Fang*, cited in *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 379.,For children suffering from chronic malnutrition, bone-wasting fever, night sweats, emaciation, abdominal distension, sallow complexion, failure to gain weight despite eating, crying day and night, excessive thirst, and poor appetite.

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