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orientalis, Rehmaiinia glutinosa, spirits, and paste. These are 

 a tonic, reconstructive, and aphrodisiac remedy. 



Jadc-lock Pills ; 3£ ^ f^ (Yii-so-tan). The joints of lotus 

 root, stamens of the lotus flower, lotus arrowroot, Euryale 

 ferox, Dioscorea quinqueloba, both kinds of Pachyma cocos, 

 Rosa laevigata, and flour. This a famous prescription for 

 seminal losses and gonorrhoea. It is aphrodisiac and strength- 

 ening to virility. 



Long-life Pills ; ^ '^ % (Iving-chih-vvan). Atractylis 

 sinensis made into a pill mass with date pulp. These give 

 virility and strength. 



Lwig-tonic Pills ; ^ IJijj \ (Pu-fei-wan). These consist of 

 apricot kernels soaked in child's urine in summer seven days, 

 in winter twenty-seven days, and then decocted until sott. They 

 are used for coughs. 



Man-red Pills ; A ifl % (Jen-hung-wan). That which is 

 called A t|, "man dragon," which is nothing more nor less 

 than a tape-worm, is washed in child's urine, pulverized, and 

 mixed with red dates, radish seeds, Rehmannia glutinosa, 

 lotus arrowroot, and Melia azedarach. These are used for 

 marasmus in children. 



Magnolia Decoction Pills; ^ ^Y M ^ (Hou-pu-chien- 

 wan). Decoct the bark of Magnolia hypoleuca with ginger 

 and licorice to dryness. Mix the extract with dates and make 

 into pills. These are carminative, stomachic, and astringent. 



Moistening the Passages Pills ; ^ T At (Jun-hsia-wan). 

 Ripe orange peel, licorice, and honey. They dissolve phlegm 

 and cool fever. 



Most Virtuous Pills ; S ^ j^ (Chih-sheng-tan). Former- 

 ly croton beans were used under this title, but they were found 

 to be too drastic, especially in cases in which the patient's 

 physical strength was very much reduced. Latterly, the seeds 

 of Sophora kronei have been substituted, and are considered to 

 be equally efficacious and less dangerous. They are used in 

 chronic dysentery and chronic intestinal discharges of all kinds. 

 Diuretic properties are also ascribed to them. 



Myriad Diseases Pills ; "^ "% % (Wan-ping- wan). One 

 has heard of nostrums regarded as panaceas for all ills, and 

 here we have one of these. It is composed of the kernels of 



