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Toad Liver Pills,For boils, carbuncles, carbuncle-like sores, and measles.

Formulas Name : Toad Liver Pills

Chinese Name : 蟾肝丸

Drug Formulation

1 toad liver (harvested on the Dragon Boat Festival), 5 qian of realgar.

Source

*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.

Processing

Pound into pills the size of mung beans and coat with cinnabar.

Benefits

For boils, carbuncles, carbuncle-like sores, and measles.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 pills at a time, washed down with scallion wine. If smallpox lesions have not erupted, it is best to take them with coriander wine.

Toad Liver Pills,*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.,For boils, carbuncles, carbuncle-like sores, and measles.

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