formula | Worm Pill Xia Chong Wan |
source | Zhizhi Xiao'er Fang, Yang Shiying, 1264 |
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bubble_chart Composition Melia bark (soaked in wine, baked), Dryopteris root, Costus root, Peach kernel (soaked, peeled, baked), Ulmus bark (baked), Betel nut, each 6 gm; Carpesium fruit (stir-fried) 3 gm; Calomel 1.5 gm; Dried toad (roasted until charred) 9 gm; Quisqualis fruit (lightly simmered, flesh taken) 50 pieces.
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage
Grind the above ingredients into powder, mix with flour paste to form pills the size of hemp seeds. Take 20 pills each time, swallowed with clear meat broth at dawn.
bubble_chart Indications
Malnutrition and intestinal worms.