Qianniu Powder

Qianniu Powder,For children with excessive heat in the bladder, abdominal distension, red and scanty urine, edema due to water retention, chest constriction caused by cold damage, hard and painful chest and abdomen, deafness caused by malnutrition affecting the kidneys, hives, and swollen inguinal hernias.

Formulas Name : Qianniu Powder

Chinese Name : 牵牛散

Drug Formulation

Pharbitis (raw, ground into a powder).

Source

From *Yonglei Qianfang*, Volume 21.

Benefits

For children with excessive heat in the bladder, abdominal distension, red and scanty urine, edema due to water retention, chest constriction caused by cold damage, hard and painful chest and abdomen, deafness caused by malnutrition affecting the kidneys, hives, and swollen inguinal hernias.

Instructions for Use

For children aged 3 years, take 1 qian per dose on an empty stomach with Qingpi Decoction; for chest constriction due to typhoid fever, take with white sugar; for deafness and genital swelling, use half a pork kidney, thinly sliced, coat with 1 da qian of the powder until thoroughly covered, then rub with a little salt, wrap in damp paper, and steam until cooked; take on an empty stomach.For rubella covering the entire body, take with mint and honey decoction; relief from constipation is immediate. For inguinal hernia and swollen lymph nodes, form into pills the size of small beans. Take 30 pills per dose, washed down with aniseed decoction.

Qianniu Powder,From *Yonglei Qianfang*, Volume 21.,For children with excessive heat in the bladder, abdominal distension, red and scanty urine, edema due to water retention, chest constriction caused by cold damage, hard and painful chest and abdomen, deafness caused by malnutrition affecting the kidneys, hives, and swollen inguinal hernias.

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