Worm-Fishing Pill，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 93.，For consumptive diseases caused by “transmitted corpses,” emaciation and weakness, constant redness of both cheeks, coughing and shortness of breath, fullness and oppression in the chest, weakness in the limbs, and dreams of copulating with ghosts.
Worm-Fishing Pill
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Formulas Name : Worm-Fishing Pill
Chinese Name : 钓虫丸
Drug Formulation
Magnetite (finely ground, used raw) 2 liang, Realgar (boiled in water until fully cooked) 2 liang, Dragon Bone 3 liang, Talcum Powder half a liang, Musk (powdered) 7 liang.
Source
*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 93.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder and mix with 4 liang of beeswax to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.
Benefits
For consumptive diseases caused by “transmitted corpses,” emaciation and weakness, constant redness of both cheeks, coughing and shortness of breath, fullness and oppression in the chest, weakness in the limbs, and dreams of copulating with ghosts.
Instructions for Use
Take a piece of thread 5–7 cun long; tie a 1-wen coin to one end and thread a pill onto the other. Have the patient swallow the pill on an empty stomach with fresh water, leaving the coin outside the mouth. When nausea sets in, have the patient pull the thread with their hand to expel the pill; if a worm is found on it, immediately fry the worm in oil to kill it.
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Worm-Fishing Pill,For consumptive diseases caused by “transmitted corpses,” emaciation and weakness, constant redness of both cheeks, coughing and shortness of breath, fullness and oppression in the chest, weakness in the limbs, and dreams of copulating with ghosts.