Pipe Fish is the dried body of Solenognaths hardwickii (Gray), Syngnathoides biaculeatus (Bloch) or Syngnathus acus Linnaeus (Fam. syngnathidae).

Action: To warm the kidney and promote virility, to reduce nodulation, and to induce subsidence of swelling.

Indications: Impotence and seminal emission; mass in the abdomen; scrofula; traumatic injuries; extrnal use for carbuncles and boils.

Usage: For external use, appropriate quantity to be ground into powder and applied topically.