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Zouma San

Formulas Name : Zouma San

Chinese Name : 走马散子

Drug Formulation

Purslane (tender shoots) and common amaranth, in equal parts.

Source

From *Wang Yue’s Book of Childbirth*, cited in *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 228.

Instructions for Use

Harvest the ingredients on the Double Fifth Festival, sun-dry them, and grind into a powder. When abdominal pain comes in waves, take 2 qian bi of the powder, mixed with 1 zhan of well water; freshly drawn water is also acceptable. Labor will begin immediately.

Zouma San,From *Wang Yue’s Book of Childbirth*, cited in *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 228.,

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