Ganxiong Powder

Ganxiong Powder,

Formulas Name : Ganxiong Powder

Chinese Name : 甘芎散

Drug Formulation

Licorice (roasted), White Peony Root, Atractylodes (baked), Chuanxiong, and Donkey-hide Gelatin (stir-fried with glutinous rice, then rice removed)—each in equal parts.

Source

From *Formulas for Childbirth*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 qian per dose; add 1 zhan of water, 2 slices of fresh ginger, and 1 jujube; decoct until reduced to 7 fen; drink in one gulp, regardless of the time of day. To stabilize the pregnancy, add donkey-hide gelatin and mugwort to the decoction; for coughs, use schisandra berries; for abdominal pain and diarrhea, add dried ginger; for chronic white diarrhea, add ginger and jujubes to the regular dose.

Ganxiong Powder,From *Formulas for Childbirth*.,

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