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Water Snake Pill,Indicated for diabetes, with heat and restlessness in the limbs, and dryness of the mouth and tongue.

Formulas Name : Water Snake Pill

Chinese Name : 水蛇丸

Drug Formulation

1 water snake (live; skin removed, roasted until yellow, and ground into powder); snails (any quantity; soaked in water for 5 days, then the mucus extracted and mixed with 1 fen of talcum powder, and simmered until thick); 1 fen of musk (finely ground).

Source

Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 53); name cited in *Yibu Quanlu* (Vol. 281).

Processing

Form into pills the size of mung beans using millet rice.

Benefits

Indicated for diabetes, with heat and restlessness in the limbs, and dryness of the mouth and tongue.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills at a time, washed down with ginger soup, at any time of day.

Water Snake Pill,Formula from *Shenghui* (Vol. 53); name cited in *Yibu Quanlu* (Vol. 281).,Indicated for diabetes, with heat and restlessness in the limbs, and dryness of the mouth and tongue.

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