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Viper Head Pills,Vitiligo.

Formulas Name : Viper Head Pills

Chinese Name : 蝮蛇头丸

Drug Formulation

1 viper head (roasted until charred),1 piece of hedgehog skin (roasted until charred), 1 piece of giant clam (roasted), 1 piece of click beetle (raw), 7 leeches (raw), 7 horseflies (wings and legs removed, raw), 7 centipedes (wings and legs removed, raw), 2 centipedes (roasted),large spider (roasted) 3, (various insects) (roasted) 4, thunder beetle (processed) 40, aconite root (processed, split, with skin and pith removed) 3, mercury 1 liang, cinnabar 1 liang, sodium carbonate 1 fen (ground together with mercury and cinnabar until the mercury granules disappear; then stir-fried with a few drops of vinegar), rhubarb (chopped, roasted) 1 liang,Cinnamon Bark (with coarse bark removed) 1 liang, Talc (ground to a powder) 1 liang, Euphorbia (stir-fried with sesame seeds; discard the sesame seeds) 1 liang, Shatang 1 liang, Gypsum (ground to a powder) 2 liang, Sichuan Pepper (remove the seeds and any closed pods; stir-fry until sweating) half a liang,sodium silicate (ground to a powder) half liang, croton seeds (remove skin and core, stir-fried) 15 seeds, dragon bone (ground) 3 fen, alum (calcined, ground to a powder) 1 fen, Coptis (remove stalks) 1 fen, crucian carp scales (roasted) 7 pieces.

Source

From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 18.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into an extremely fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

Vitiligo.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 pills per dose, increasing to 3 pills if necessary; take on an empty stomach or before bedtime with warm wine. If no burning pain or difficulty in urination is felt, add 1–2 more pills, continuing until symptoms subside.

Viper Head Pills,From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 18.,Vitiligo.

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