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Touxiang Pills

Formulas Name : Touxiang Pills

Chinese Name : 透香丸

Drug Formulation

1 fen of musk (finely ground), 1 fen of agarwood, 1 fen of white sandalwood, 1 fen of borneol (finely ground), half liang of decocted frankincense, half liang of chicken-tongue incense, half liang of cloves, half liang of yellow-ripened incense, half liang of chicken-bone incense, half liang of glycyrrhiza resin, 3 fen of Sichuan cimicifuga, and 3 fen of curcuma.

Source

Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 40); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 156).

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; add musk and borneol, and mix thoroughly. Form into pills the size of a chicken’s head using refined honey.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 pills at a time on an empty stomach, chewing them with salted water; set aside half the powder unmixed. Each day after brushing your teeth, rub the powder onto your teeth and swallow the saliva. Within half a day, a fragrant sweat will break out thoroughly.

Touxiang Pills,Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 40); name cited in *Pujifang* (Vol. 156).,

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