Phlegm-Resolving and Fluid-Eliminating Pills

Phlegm-Resolving and Fluid-Eliminating Pills,Phlegm and fluid retention.

Formulas Name : Phlegm-Resolving and Fluid-Eliminating Pills

Chinese Name : 化痰消饮丸

Drug Formulation

1 jin of tangerine peel (pounded together with 1 jin of fresh ginger, then sun-dried; pounded again with another 1 jin of fresh ginger and set aside to dry), 2 liang of ginseng (root tip removed), 2 liang of Shenqu (roasted), 2 liang of Pinellia (soaked in boiling water 7 times), 2 liang of barley malt (roasted), 4 liang of Poria cocos (peeled), and 2 liang of Amomum villosum.

Source

Formula by Lu Zhong’an, cited in Volume 2 of *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with a thin paste made from ginger juice and water to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

Phlegm and fluid retention.

Instructions for Use

Take 30–70 pills at a time, washed down with ginger soup or boiled water, at any time of day.

Phlegm-Resolving and Fluid-Eliminating Pills,Formula by Lu Zhong’an, cited in Volume 2 of *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*.,Phlegm and fluid retention.

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