The formula of Scrofula Pill in “The Heart of Medicine” includes 12g each of Xuan Shen, Oyster, and Bei Mu, which are developed into powder and made into pills by refining honey, each serving is 9g, and is sent down with boiled water 2 times a day; it can also be made into soup and taken by decocting with water.
In Scrofula Pill, Xuan Shen has the function of clearing heat and cooling blood, nourishing yin and detoxifying, oyster has the function of softening and dispersing knots, submerging yang and tonifying yin, and shellac has the function of detoxifying and dispersing knots and eliminating carbuncle, the three kinds of medicines match each other to play the function of softening and dispersing knots and clearing heat and removing phlegm.
Scrofula Pills can be used in the treatment of scrofula (mainly refers to the neck lymph nodes tuberculosis), gall tumors (equivalent to thyroid tumors), phlegm nuclei (subcutaneous swelling such as the nucleus of the tuberculosis) and other diseases.
Scrofula Pills need to be correctly used under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, adverse reactions and contraindications are not clear, do not self-medication.