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DiagJiostic Pills ; ^ '^ \ (Fen-ch'ing-wan). Euryale 

 ferox, Pacliyma cocos, yellow wax and honey. For gonor- 

 rhoea. 



Dissolving-poiso7i Protccting-infant Pills ; ^^' ^ {^ ^ i5* 

 (Hsiao-tu-pao-ying-tan). The vine of a creeping bean with its 

 beans, both the red and the discolored, the flesh of Crataegus 

 fruits, Cimicifuga davurica, Rehniannia glutinosa. Salvia 

 plebia, Siler divaricatum, Peucedanum decursivum, licorice, 

 Pseonia albiflora, Cryptotaenia canadensis, Forsythia suspeusa, 

 Coptis teeta, Platycodon grandiflorum, Arctium lappa, ver- 

 niillion, and Momordica charantia. These pills are intended 

 as a preventive of smallpox when it is epidemic. They are 

 considered not only to prevent the disease, but to make it 

 lighter in those who have already become infected. 



Driving away Boils and Saving-life Pills ; '^fs ^^ ^ 

 (T'ui-ting-t'ao-ming-tan). Siler divaricatum, green orange 

 peel, Peucedanum decursivum, Coptis teeta, red Paeonia, 

 Asarum sieboldi, silk worms, cicada exuvia, Eupatoriura 

 flowers, Lonicera chinensis, licorice root, Diphylleia, Paris 

 polyphylla, and ginger juice. These are only used in the treat- 

 ment of boils, abscesses, and carbuncles. 



Everlasting Spring Pills ; -g. % \ (Ch'ang-ch'un-v^^an). 

 Fish-glue, powdered oyster shell, cotton seed, lotus stamens, 

 Rosa laevigata, Dendrobium nobile, Tribulus terrestris, Lycium 

 sinense, deer's horn, and honey. Tonic, diuretic, and cooling. 



Eye Medicitie Pills ; ^^^ % (Yen-yao-wan). Volunteer 

 (wild) beans, cicada exuvia, Equisetum hiemale, Cuscuta 

 chinensis, Anthemis, white Tribulis terrestris, and honey. To 

 be used in eye diseases. 



Fairy Flat-peach Pills ; f[Ij j^ $t^B % (Hsien-ch«uan-p'au- 

 t'ao-wau). Cotton seed, red dates, Achryanthes bidentata, 

 Lycium sinense, Orobanche ammophila, Cornus officinalis, 

 Cuscuta chinensis, isinglass, Pachyma cocos, and woman's 

 milk. For all sorts of weaknesses and injuries. 



Firm-true Pills; WiM^^ (Ku-chen-tan). The two charac- 

 ters probably refer to the name of one of the ingredients. 

 Atractylis sinensis, Zanthoxylum, Melia azedarach, fennel, 

 Psoralea corylifolia, and paste. Antirheumatic and diges- 

 tive. 



