Wuchengzi’s Firefly Pills，From *Qianjin Yifang*, Volume 10.，It wards off diseases, noxious vapors, and the poisons of tigers, wolves, snakes, vipers, bees, and scorpions.
Wuchengzi’s Firefly Pills
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Formulas Name : Wuchengzi’s Firefly Pills
Chinese Name : 务成子萤火丸
Drug Formulation
Fireflies 1 liang, Ghost Arrow (peeled and de-feathered) 1 liang, Tribulus terrestris 1 liang, Realgar 2 liang, Orpiment 2 liang, Alum (calcined until all liquid evaporates) 2 liang, Goat Horn 1.5 liang, Forged Stove Ash 1.5 liang, Charred Iron Hammer Handle (the part where the iron is embedded) 1.5 liang.
Source
From *Qianjin Yifang*, Volume 10.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a powder; mix with one chicken egg yolk and one complete red rooster comb, forming pills the size of an apricot kernel.
Benefits
It wards off diseases, noxious vapors, and the poisons of tigers, wolves, snakes, vipers, bees, and scorpions.
Instructions for Use
Place 5 pills in a triangular crimson pouch and wear it on the left arm; if serving in the military, fasten it to the waist and keep it close to the body at all times.
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Wuchengzi’s Firefly Pills,It wards off diseases, noxious vapors, and the poisons of tigers, wolves, snakes, vipers, bees, and scorpions.