Tiger-Head Ghost-Exterminating Formula

Tiger-Head Ghost-Exterminating Formula,

Formulas Name : Tiger-Head Ghost-Exterminating Formula

Chinese Name : 虎头杀鬼方

Drug Formulation

5 liang of tiger skull bone, 1.5 liang of cinnabar, 1.5 liang of realgar, 1.5 liang of orpiment, 1 liang of Paeonia lactiflora, 1 liang of soapberry, and 1 liang of wild pepper (one version includes Acorus tatarinowii and Eupatorium fortunei, but omits tiger skull, Paeonia lactiflora, and soapberry).

Source

*Formulas for Emergency Care*, Volume 2.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with beeswax and honey to form pills the size of a marble, and store them in a crimson pouch.

Instructions for Use

Men should tie it to their left arm and women to their right; they may also hang them from the four corners of the house. On the nights of the new moon and full moon, burn one pill in the center of the courtyard at midnight. Another version calls for making it into a powder and wearing it as a pouch.

Tiger-Head Ghost-Exterminating Formula,*Formulas for Emergency Care*, Volume 2.,

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