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Waist-Massaging Pills,For lower back pain so severe that one cannot bend forward or backward.

Formulas Name : Waist-Massaging Pills

Chinese Name : 摩腰丸

Drug Formulation

1 fen of talcum powder, 1 fen of musk (finely ground), 1 fen of cinnabar (finely ground), 1 liang of sulfur (finely ground), 1 liang of white alum ash, 1 liang of clove buds, 1 liang of dried ginger,1 liang of Wood Fragrance, 1 liang of Aconite, 1 liang of Evodia (soaked in boiling water 7 times, baked dry, lightly roasted), 1 liang of Aged Tangerine Peel (soaked in boiling water, white pith removed, baked), 1 liang of Sparrow Droppings (placed in a silk bag, swished in water until all white residue is removed; collect this water, let it settle, and sun-dry),1 liang of apricot kernels (remove the skin and tip, grind them, place in a silk bag as before, agitate in water to extract the white powder, then sun-dry).

Source

*Shenghui*, Volume 44.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of half a jujube.

Benefits

For lower back pain so severe that one cannot bend forward or backward.

Instructions for Use

To use, take half a cup of fresh ginger juice and simmer it in a small pot until it boils once or twice. Pour it into a cup, soak one pill in it until it dissolves. Then, use your finger to grind the dissolved pill into a fine paste. Gradually apply the paste to the lower back with your finger, massaging until the heat is fully absorbed. Once the heat has completely penetrated, wrap the abdomen with cotton and secure it.

Waist-Massaging Pills,*Shenghui*, Volume 44.,For lower back pain so severe that one cannot bend forward or backward.

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