Linghua Powder

Linghua Powder,For women with absent menstruation, fever, and abdominal distension. For women with abdominal fullness, body pain, emaciation, poor appetite, fever, and spontaneous sweating.

Formulas Name : Linghua Powder

Chinese Name : 凌花散

Drug Formulation

Angelica sinensis (soaked in wine), Campsis flower, Liu Jinu, Safflower (soaked in wine; add after the decoction has boiled 1–2 times), Cinnamomum cassia (bark removed), Paeonia suffruticosa (washed), Angelica dahurica, Paeonia rubra, and Corydalis yanhusuo—all in equal parts.

Source

From *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 9, citing *Dan Liao*.

Benefits

For women with absent menstruation, fever, and abdominal distension. For women with abdominal fullness, body pain, emaciation, poor appetite, fever, and spontaneous sweating.

Instructions for Use

Coarsely crush the ingredients. For each dose, take 4 qian; add 1 zhan of water and half a zhan of wine; decoct until reduced to 8 fen; then add safflower and decoct further; take while hot.

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