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Three Soap Pills,Acute exhaustion, restlessness, fever, and emaciation.

Formulas Name : Three Soap Pills

Chinese Name : 三皂丸

Drug Formulation

10 jin of soapberry pods, 1 jin of soapberry bark, 1 jin of soapberry thorns.

Source

*Shenghui*, Volume 27.

Processing

Burn the above ingredients to ash; use 3 sheng of water to leach out the juice, then leach it again over the ash; repeat this process 3–5 times. Then decoct the mixture; when it begins to thicken slightly, add 1 fen of finely ground musk. Use a child’s urine to moisten steamed buns, then shape the mixture into pills the size of small beans.

Benefits

Acute exhaustion, restlessness, fever, and emaciation.

Instructions for Use

Take 7 pills daily on an empty stomach with warm water.

Three Soap Pills,*Shenghui*, Volume 27.,Acute exhaustion, restlessness, fever, and emaciation.

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