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Yinbao Pills,For diabetes.

Formulas Name : Yinbao Pills

Chinese Name : 银宝丸

Drug Formulation

Mercury 1 liang (mixed with lead to form granules), Trichosanthes root 1.5 liang, Sophora root 1 liang, Oyster shell (calcined and ground into powder) 1 liang, Anemarrhena rhizome (roasted) 1 liang, Mithridate 1 liang, Lead丹 half a liang.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 58.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. If the patient is male, use the stomach of one unmated female pig; if female, use the stomach of one male pig. Fill the stomach with the medicine, sew it closed with thread, and tie it crosswise with a cord to a new brick to prevent it from moving. Separately, take half a jin of Trichosanthes root (finely chopped) and place it in water. Boil everything together from dawn until noon. Remove and let cool.finely chop the stomach, then pound it together with the decoction into a paste; form into pills the size of a paulownia seed and air-dry them.

Benefits

For diabetes.

Instructions for Use

Take 5 pills at a time, washed down with warm water.

Yinbao Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 58.,For diabetes.

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