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Tiger Paw Pills,Indicated for postmortem toxin syndrome, alternating chills and fever, loss of appetite, and stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen.

Formulas Name : Tiger Paw Pills

Chinese Name : 虎掌丸

Drug Formulation

Tiger’s Paw: half liang (washed in boiling water 7 times, chopped, mixed with ginger juice, and stir-fried until dry); Red Poria: 1 liang; Dragon’s Teeth: 1 liang (finely ground); Cinnabar: half liang (finely ground); Angelica sinensis: 3 fen (chopped, lightly stir-fried); Asafoetida: 1 liang; Curcuma zedoaria: 3 fen.

Source

*Shenghui*, Volume 56.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Simmer asafoetida in wine until it forms a paste, then shape into pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

Indicated for postmortem toxin syndrome, alternating chills and fever, loss of appetite, and stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills at a time, washed down with a decoction of fresh ginger and black plum, regardless of the time of day.

Tiger Paw Pills,*Shenghui*, Volume 56.,Indicated for postmortem toxin syndrome, alternating chills and fever, loss of appetite, and stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen.

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