Oyster Shell Powder Decoction

Oyster Shell Powder Decoction,For women with unstoppable menstrual bleeding.

Formulas Name : Oyster Shell Powder Decoction

Chinese Name : 蛎粉散

Drug Formulation

Oyster shell (calcined and ground into powder).

Source

*Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 210, citing *Effective Prescriptions from Clinical Experience*.

Processing

Finely grind the above herb; use strong rice vinegar to form a dough, then calcine it until it glows red-hot. Allow it to cool and grind it into a fine powder. Next, mix powdered mugwort with strong rice vinegar and boil it into a paste; combine this with the powder to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For women with unstoppable menstrual bleeding.

Instructions for Use

Take 40–50 pills per dose, washed down with vinegar-and-mugwort decoction.

Oyster Shell Powder Decoction,*Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 210, citing *Effective Prescriptions from Clinical Experience*.,For women with unstoppable menstrual bleeding.

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