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White Snow Pills,For headaches caused by typhoid fever, within 3 days.

Formulas Name : White Snow Pills

Chinese Name : 白雪丸

Drug Formulation

Aconite (with skin and pith removed), Prepared Aconite (with skin and pith removed), White Prepared Aconite, Tiannanxing, Tianma, Ephedra (with roots and nodes removed), and Licorice (all used raw)—each in equal parts.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 24.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; soak overnight-soaked steamed buns in water and shape into pills the size of cherries; coat with calcined cold-water stone powder.

Benefits

For headaches caused by typhoid fever, within 3 days.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill at a time, chewed and swallowed with hot wine or scallion tea. After a while, follow with hot congee.

White Snow Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 24.,For headaches caused by typhoid fever, within 3 days.

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