Three Frost Pills

Three Frost Pills,For children with bloody or white diarrhea, or multicolored dysentery.

Formulas Name : Three Frost Pills

Chinese Name : 三霜丸

Drug Formulation

Croton seed (peeled; select plump, white, high-quality seeds) 3 qian (grind into a fine powder; first wrap in 20–30 layers of white silk, then securely wrap in white paper; press with a large stone until all oil is extracted; take 2 qian; use the lighter portion), genuine mercury oxide 1 qian, and borax 1 qian.

Source

From *The New Book for the Very Young*, Volume 29, citing *The Zhang Family Tradition*.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into an extremely fine powder. Separately, take 3 qian of high-quality yellow beeswax, boil it in wine for 20–30 boils, then remove it, drain off the wine until clean, and melt it again to mix with the medicine. If wax boiled in wine is available, it may also be used. Mix into a paste and place it in an oiled paper wrapper. When administering, roll into pills the size of small mung beans; for children under 3 years old, make them the size of millet grains.

Benefits

For children with bloody or white diarrhea, or multicolored dysentery.

Instructions for Use

Take 3–5 pills per dose, washed down with warm, boiled water.

Three Frost Pills,From *The New Book for the Very Young*, Volume 29, citing *The Zhang Family Tradition*.,For children with bloody or white diarrhea, or multicolored dysentery.

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