Ginger and Coptis Pills

Ginger and Coptis Pills,For dysentery with red and white discharge.

Formulas Name : Ginger and Coptis Pills

Chinese Name : 姜连丸

Drug Formulation

Xuan Huanglian (with stalks removed) 4 liang, Fresh Ginger (stir-fried with Huanglian, including the skin) 4 liang, Cardamom (wrapped in flour and slow-roasted) 2 liang, Angelica sinensis (with root base removed) 2 liang, Poppy Capsules 3 liang (with tops, stems, and seeds removed; stir-fried with honey), Dried Ginger (roasted and washed) 1 liang, Ejiao (chopped and stir-fried with wheat bran until pearl-like) 1 liang.

Source

From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 7.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 49 jujubes and 4 liang of sliced ginger; soak them together with the jujubes in water in a silver cauldron. Boil until the liquid has evaporated, then remove the jujubes, peel and pit them, and pound them into a paste. Form this paste into pills the size of a tung tree seed.

Benefits

For dysentery with red and white discharge.

Instructions for Use

Take 50 pills per dose, washed down with rice water on an empty stomach.

Ginger and Coptis Pills,From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 7.,For dysentery with red and white discharge.

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