Black Date and Pepper Powder

Black Date and Pepper Powder,Pain in the epigastrium and stomach region.

Formulas Name : Black Date and Pepper Powder

Chinese Name : 黑枣胡椒散

Drug Formulation

Large black jujubes (pitted; insert 7 grains of black pepper into the center of each; wrap the jujubes securely and roast them over charcoal until charred black, retaining their properties).

Source

Formula from *Zongfutang Fang* (Vol. 3); name cited in *Yixue Congzhong Lu* (Vol. 3).

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder.

Benefits

Pain in the epigastrium and stomach region.

Instructions for Use

Take 3–4 fen per dose, washed down with aged wine; 3–4 doses will surely cure the condition. Adding a small amount of Wood Fragrance, Trifoliate Orange Peel, Safflower, Chinese Angelica, and Five-Spirit Fat enhances the efficacy.

Black Date and Pepper Powder,Formula from *Zongfutang Fang* (Vol. 3); name cited in *Yixue Congzhong Lu* (Vol. 3).,Pain in the epigastrium and stomach region.

More Herbs Formulas

Two-Vessel Powder

Two-Vessel Powder,From *Xu Ping’s Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.,

Musk and Donkey’s Milk Ear Wash

Musk and Donkey’s Milk Ear Wash,*Shenghui*, Volume 36.,For centipedes in the ear.

Red Ring Powder

Red Ring Powder,*Yonglei Qianfang*, Volume 20.,For children with feverish convulsions and nighttime crying, excessive saliva, and restlessness; also treats heatstroke-induced stupor.

Experienced Powder

Experienced Powder,From *Collected Effective Formulas of the Zhu Family*, Volume 10.,Excessive uterine bleeding.

Qingxia Formula

Qingxia Formula,From *Ophthalmology Treasure Chest*, Volume 4.,Eye disorders—whether painful or painless, involving corneal opacities or blindness, accompanied by headaches or tinnitus—all fall under the category of “fire rising upward.”

Peony and Wood Fragrance Decoction

Peony and Wood Fragrance Decoction,From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 3.,Dysentery in patients with deficiency-cold constitution.

Poria and Evodia Pill

Poria and Evodia Pill,From *Pujifang*, Volume 147, citing *Baosheng Huiche Lun*.,For typhoid fever.

Scallion Soup Pills

Scallion Soup Pills,From *The New Book on the Care of Infants* (Volume 8), citing *The Ji Family’s Inherited Formulas*.,For children with convulsions due to food stagnation, food accumulation, intermittent fever, restlessness, flushed face, shortness of breath, and abdominal distension.

Stomach-Nourishing and Toxin-Resolving Decoction

Stomach-Nourishing and Toxin-Resolving Decoction,From *Pian Yu Dou Zhen*, Volume 9.,When smallpox lesions have formed pus and the patient vomits with visible contents.

Du Lao Formula

Du Lao Formula,From *Medical Discourses from the Qian Zhai*.,For bone-steaming consumptive fever, emaciation and mental fatigue, soreness and pain in the lower back and spine, weakness and numbness in the limbs, seminal emission and hemoptysis, coughing with phlegm, and all conditions caused by yin deficiency with internal heat.

Decoction for the Mutual Rescue of Yin and Yang

Decoction for the Mutual Rescue of Yin and Yang,*Yi Chun Sheng Yi*, Volume 1.,Symptoms of central organ deficiency: limp and listless limbs, unconsciousness, enuresis, and snoring.

Miraculous Formulas

Miraculous Formulas,*Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 54.,Apply to the glans of the penis where there are three to five small openings, with minor bleeding and slight pus discharge.

Five-Spice Pain-Relieving Pills

Five-Spice Pain-Relieving Pills,*One Hundred Questions on Gynecology*, Volume 1.,For women suffering from pain in the chest and abdomen, or accompanied by lower abdominal pain.

Ginseng, Astragalus, and Motherwort Decoction

Ginseng, Astragalus, and Motherwort Decoction,*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 12.,For women 6–7 days postpartum whose amniotic fluid has ruptured but the fetus has not been expelled, and the fetus has died in utero.

Palm Decoction

Palm Decoction,From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 215.,Blood in the urine.

Dingchuan Tingli Pills

Dingchuan Tingli Pills,From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 5.,For abdominal distension, wheezing, and cough.

Yellow Chicken Soup

Yellow Chicken Soup,*Yi Tong*, Volume 87.,For the elderly suffering from restlessness and thirst, yellow urine, and weakness.

Sweet Pills

Sweet Pills,From *Experienced Effective Formulas*, cited in *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 193.,For edema and abdominal distension.

Four-Ingredient Decoction for Relieving Vertigo

Four-Ingredient Decoction for Relieving Vertigo,From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 3.,Dizziness and blurred vision.

Great Life-Saving Pills

Great Life-Saving Pills,From *The Universal Remedies* (Vol. 176), citing *The Family Treasure of Health*.,For the three types of thirst disorders, where the patient drinks water day and night without ceasing, even after a hundred cups; for “mother-and-child” sores, which may appear on the back or between the temples; and for the five types of oozing … Read more

Stone Indigo Powder

Stone Indigo Powder,From *Guangji Fang*, cited in Volume 22 of *Wai Tai*.,(To eliminate parasites from) the teeth.

Decoction of Ophiopogon to Clear the Lungs

Decoction of Ophiopogon to Clear the Lungs,From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 9), citing *Divine and Ingenious Formulas for Complete Healing*.,Excess qi in the lungs, chest distress and fullness, coughing and shortness of breath, and qi stagnation in the large intestine.

Baohe Fangdu Decoction

Baohe Fangdu Decoction,*Complete Book of Measles*, Volume 3.,For measles caused by blood heat, where the spots have been present for 3 days but do not enlarge or become raised.

Toad Ash Pills

Toad Ash Pills,From *Shenghui*, Chapter 86.,For acute malnutrition in children. Worms cause sores in the mouth; the limbs are emaciated and weak, and the abdomen is distended with prominent tendons.

Dendrobium and Rehmannia Decoction

Dendrobium and Rehmannia Decoction,*Qian Jin*, Volume 3.,For women suffering from debility, shortness of breath, chest distension and oppression, and wind-related disorders.