Xuanlian Pills，From *The New Book for the Young*, Volume 29, citing *The Forty-Eight Climatic Phases*.，Toxic dysentery.
Xuanlian Pills
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Formulas Name : Xuanlian Pills
Chinese Name : 宣连丸
Drug Formulation
Xuanlian: 1 qian (prepared as a powder; mix with egg white to form a cake, bake dry on a tile, then grind into powder again); 1 cardamom pod (remove the core and navel, fill with frankincense—amount as desired—wrap in paper, and roast over a fire until yellow); half a qian of cinnabar; half a qian of wood fragrance; 7 apricot kernels (roast with the skin on); 4 croton seeds (roast; 7 seeds may also be used).
Source
From *The New Book for the Young*, Volume 29, citing *The Forty-Eight Climatic Phases*.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, then form into pills the size of a radish seed using vinegar paste.
Benefits
Toxic dysentery.
Instructions for Use
Take 7 pills at a time, washed down with water mixed with aged rice; for bloody dysentery, take with Sophora flower decoction.
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Xuanlian Pills,Toxic dysentery.