Summer Heat-Repelling Pill

Summer Heat-Repelling Pill,

Formulas Name : Summer Heat-Repelling Pill

Chinese Name : 辟暑丹

Drug Formulation

Rehmannia, white calamine, stone from the Qu Tan area, magnetite, and cinnabar—each in equal parts.

Source

From *Shenghui*, Volume 94.

Processing

Grind each ingredient into a fine powder, wash with water, allow to dry, then grind them together until uniform. Mix with refined white pine resin to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Instructions for Use

Take 5 pills each time, on an empty stomach daily, washed down with warm water. After 60 days of treatment, one can wear fur garments even in summer.

Summer Heat-Repelling Pill,From *Shenghui*, Volume 94.,

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