Bitter Tansy Pills

Bitter Tansy Pills,For all conditions of water and dampness, where the entire body is swollen and distended to an unbearable degree.

Formulas Name : Bitter Tansy Pills

Chinese Name : 苦葶苈丸

Drug Formulation

2 liang of ginseng, 4 liang of bitter toon (stir-fried on paper in a wok until yellow).

Source

*Treatise on Xuanming*, Volume 8.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder and use jujube pulp to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For all conditions of water and dampness, where the entire body is swollen and distended to an unbearable degree.

Instructions for Use

Take 15 pills each time, on an empty stomach or before meals, washed down with decocted white mulberry bark soup, three times a day.

Bitter Tansy Pills,*Treatise on Xuanming*, Volume 8.,For all conditions of water and dampness, where the entire body is swollen and distended to an unbearable degree.

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