Rhubarb and Aconite Pills

Rhubarb and Aconite Pills,Excessive fluid accumulation and abdominal distension.

Formulas Name : Rhubarb and Aconite Pills

Chinese Name : 大黄附子丸

Drug Formulation

Rhubarb (chopped and stir-fried) 2 liang, Inula flower 2 liang, Aconite (roasted until cracked, with skin and pith removed) 2 liang, Red Poria (with black skin removed) 2 liang, Pepper seeds 2 liang, Cinnamon (with coarse bark removed) 2 liang, Colocynth (soaked in vinegar, stir-fried until charred) 2 liang, Wolf’s-bane 2 liang, Dried ginger (roasted) 2 liang,Peony Root 2 liang, Bitter Orange Fruit (pulp removed, stir-fried with wheat bran) 2 liang, Asarum (stems and leaves removed) 2 liang.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 79.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

Excessive fluid accumulation and abdominal distension.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 pills per dose, washed down with boiled water; gradually increase the dose. Take one dose in the morning and one in the evening before meals, and one dose before bedtime.

Rhubarb and Aconite Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 79.,Excessive fluid accumulation and abdominal distension.

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