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formulaToad Venom Pill Chan Su Wan
sourceVolume 2 of Waike Zhengzong
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bubble_chart Composition

Toad venom 6 gm (dissolved in wine), Calomel 1.5 gm, Alum, Calcined Gypsum, Copper Carbonate, Frankincense, Myrrh, Chalcanthite, Musk, each 3 gm, Realgar 6 gm, 21 snails, Cinnabar 9 gm.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind the above ingredients separately into powder and weigh them accurately. First, grind the snails into a paste, then mix thoroughly with toad venom until sticky. Add the other ingredients and pound until well mixed. Form into pills the size of mung beans. Take 3 pills each time, chew 17 cm of scallion white until mushy, wrap the medicine inside, and take with 50 ml of warm yellow wine. Cover with a blanket for about an hour until sweating occurs for effectiveness. For severe cases, take another dose. For external use, prepare into medicinal strips to insert into the sore or make medicinal cakes to cover the sore.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Clearing heat and removing toxins, reducing swelling and relieving pain.

bubble_chart Indications

Internal accumulation of heat toxin leads to the development of boils and sores, back gangrene, nape gangrene, acute mastitis, bone-attaching carbuncle (suppurative osteomyelitis), gangrene of the buttocks and thighs, and all types of malignant sores.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Pregnant women should avoid taking it.

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