Yao’s Toad Venom Pills，From *Treatise on Cholera*, Volume 2.，During the hot summer months, consuming cold foods and beverages, careless eating habits, and exposure to foul substances can lead to abdominal distension and pain, or cholera with vomiting and diarrhea.
Yao’s Toad Venom Pills
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Formulas Name : Yao’s Toad Venom Pills
Chinese Name : 姚氏蟾酥丸
Drug Formulation
Toad Venom (soaked in rice wine until melted; if toad venom is unavailable, use double the amount of Dong Su) 2 liang, Real Reaper’s Yellow (ground) 2 liang, Cinnabar (sifted) 2 liang, Frankincense (sun-dried) 4 qian, Cloves (sun-dried) 4 qian, Atractylodes (roasted) 4 qian, Talc (sifted) 4 qian, Dangmenzi 1 liang.
Source
From *Treatise on Cholera*, Volume 2.
Processing
Grind each ingredient into an extremely fine powder. Mix them with the toad venom and pound thoroughly to form pills the size of millet grains. For every 4 liang of pills, moisten them by spraying with rice wine, cover them in a bowl, add 6 qian of finely sifted cinnabar, and shake vigorously until the mixture becomes glossy.
Benefits
During the hot summer months, consuming cold foods and beverages, careless eating habits, and exposure to foul substances can lead to abdominal distension and pain, or cholera with vomiting and diarrhea.
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Yao’s Toad Venom Pills,During the hot summer months, consuming cold foods and beverages, careless eating habits, and exposure to foul substances can lead to abdominal distension and pain, or cholera with vomiting and diarrhea.