Ginseng Needle-Tip Pills

Ginseng Needle-Tip Pills,For wind-induced fluid retention with wheezing and cough.

Formulas Name : Ginseng Needle-Tip Pills

Chinese Name : 人参针头丸

Drug Formulation

5 Croton seeds (peeled), 5 Pinellia tubers (ground and washed 7 times with boiling water), 5 Apricot kernels (peeled and tips removed), 5 Castor beans (peeled), 2 qian of white alum.

Source

*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 163.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder and form into pills using date pulp.

Benefits

For wind-induced fluid retention with wheezing and cough.

Instructions for Use

Hold a skewer dipped in the medicine over a lamp flame until blue smoke rises; blow out the flame, wrap the medicine in shredded cabbage leaves, and swallow it with rice water before bedtime.

Ginseng Needle-Tip Pills,*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 163.,For wind-induced fluid retention with wheezing and cough.

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