5 papayas (large ones), 30 gm of aconite (prepared, cracked, de-naveled, and de-skinned), 15 gm of moxa (filed, slightly stir-fried), 15 gm of costus root, 30 gm of cinnamon bark, 30 gm of chebulic myrobalan peel (simmered), 15 gm of ginseng (de-reeded head), 15 gm of nutmeg (shelled), 15 gm of magnolia bark (coarse bark removed, roasted with ginger juice), 30 gm of atractylodes, 15 gm of galangal (filed), 60 gm of salt (wrapped in wet paper, burned until red-hot).

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind the above-mentioned medicine into powder, cut off the top of the papaya, remove the pulp, and fill it with the powdered medicine. Cover it with the cut-off papaya top, secure it with bamboo nails, and steam it in a steamer until it becomes soft and hot. Mix it with soft steamed cakes in a wooden mortar and pound it until it can be formed into pills, as big as a phoenix tree seed. Take 20 pills each time, administered with ginger soup, regardless of the time.

bubble_chart Indications

Liver meridian wind cold, spasm entering the abdomen, reversal cold of hands and feet.