Four-Ingredient Xianglian Pills

Four-Ingredient Xianglian Pills,For the initial stage of dysentery, regardless of whether the stool is red or white.

Formulas Name : Four-Ingredient Xianglian Pills

Chinese Name : 四味香连丸

Drug Formulation

10 liang of Coptis (roasted), 4 liang of Rhubarb (steamed with wine), 2 liang of Wood Fragrance, and 1 liang of Areca Nut.

Source

From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with a paste to form pills the size of mung beans.

Benefits

For the initial stage of dysentery, regardless of whether the stool is red or white.

Instructions for Use

Take 70 pills each time on an empty stomach with rice water, twice daily; if the stool is black, use rhubarb; if purple, use psyllium; if red, use scutellaria; if pale, use ginger; if white, use cinnamon; if yellow, use hawthorn; for watery diarrhea, use millet husks; for severe pain, use wood fragrant and gardenia—each should be decocted into a soup and taken with the pills.

Four-Ingredient Xianglian Pills,From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.,For the initial stage of dysentery, regardless of whether the stool is red or white.

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