Tianma Shenmiao Pills

Tianma Shenmiao Pills,For convulsions.

Formulas Name : Tianma Shenmiao Pills

Chinese Name : 天麻神妙丸

Drug Formulation

Tianma, stiffened silkworm (soaked in wine overnight), scorpion (roasted), mercury oxide, and white aconite root (soaked in rice wash overnight)—each in equal parts.

Source

From *The Family Traditions of the Wu Clan*, cited in *The Great Compendium of the Yongle Era*, Volume 975.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of mung beans, and coat with cinnabar and musk.

Benefits

For convulsions.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill per dose, washed down with peppermint tea.

Tianma Shenmiao Pills,From *The Family Traditions of the Wu Clan*, cited in *The Great Compendium of the Yongle Era*, Volume 975.,For convulsions.

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