Turtle-Back Pills

Turtle-Back Pills,For children with kyphosis.

Formulas Name : Turtle-Back Pills

Chinese Name : 龟背丸

Drug Formulation

Zhike (fried with wheat bran) 3 qian, Fangfeng (stem removed) 3 qian, Duhuo 3 qian, Da Huang (baked) 3 qian, Qianhu (stem removed) 3 qian, Danggui 3 qian, Ma Huang (knots removed) 3 qian.

Source

From *Hui Chun*, Volume 7.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; mix with wheat flour paste to form pills the size of millet grains.

Benefits

For children with kyphosis.

Instructions for Use

Take 15–16 pills per dose, taken after meals with rice water. Additionally, perform moxibustion on the Lung Shu (BL13), Heart Shu (BL15), and Diaphragm Shu (BL18) acupoints; apply three moxa cones, each the size of a wheat grain, to each of the six acupoints.

Turtle-Back Pills,From *Hui Chun*, Volume 7.,For children with kyphosis.

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