Universal Relief Epidemic-Relieving Pill

Universal Relief Epidemic-Relieving Pill,Indicated for warm pathogens, warm-heat syndromes, summer-heat, damp-heat, and epidemic diseases where the pathogen is in the Qi level, presenting with fever, fatigue, chest tightness, abdominal distension, aching limbs, swollen throat, macules, jaundice, swelling of the jaw, thirst, dark urine, constipation, vomiting, diarrhea, malaria, dysentery, urinary discharge, turbid urine, sores and ulcers, and a pale-white, thick and greasy, or dry and yellow tongue coating.

Formulas Name : Universal Relief Epidemic-Relieving Pill

Chinese Name : 普济解疫丹

Drug Formulation

1 liang 8 qian of fresh Rehmannia root (pounded to extract juice), 8 qian of light fermented soybeans, 1 liang of Isatis root, 4 qian of Trichosanthes root, 1 liang 6 qian of honeysuckle, 4 qian of red litchi root, 1 liang of manure filtrate (i.e., “golden juice”), 7 qian of Beijing scrophularia, 1 liang of forsythia, and 2 qian of rhinoceros horn.

Source

From *Ding Ganren’s Collection of Precious Family-Transmitted Formulas*.

Processing

Sun-dry all herbs and grind them into a powder; strictly avoid roasting them over fire. Grind to a fine consistency, then mix with rhinoceros horn, Rehmannia juice, and manure whey to form pills by pounding and rolling; do not add honey under any circumstances.

Benefits

Indicated for warm pathogens, warm-heat syndromes, summer-heat, damp-heat, and epidemic diseases where the pathogen is in the Qi level, presenting with fever, fatigue, chest tightness, abdominal distension, aching limbs, swollen throat, macules, jaundice, swelling of the jaw, thirst, dark urine, constipation, vomiting, diarrhea, malaria, dysentery, urinary discharge, turbid urine, sores and ulcers, and a pale-white, thick and greasy, or dry and yellow tongue coating.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 qian per dose, washed down with hot water, twice daily; tea may be used as a substitute.

Universal Relief Epidemic-Relieving Pill,From *Ding Ganren’s Collection of Precious Family-Transmitted Formulas*.,Indicated for warm pathogens, warm-heat syndromes, summer-heat, damp-heat, and epidemic diseases where the pathogen is in the Qi level, presenting with fever, fatigue, chest tightness, abdominal distension, aching limbs, swollen throat, macules, jaundice, swelling of the jaw, thirst, dark urine, constipation, vomiting, diarrhea, malaria, dysentery, urinary discharge, turbid urine, sores and ulcers, and a pale-white, thick and greasy, or dry and yellow tongue coating.

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