Five-Ingredient Tonifying Powder

Five-Ingredient Tonifying Powder,

Formulas Name : Five-Ingredient Tonifying Powder

Chinese Name : 五补散

Drug Formulation

Processed Magnolia Bark (stir-fried), Cleaned Dried Tangerine Peel (white pith removed, stir-fried),Fennel (removed of earth and stones, stir-fried), Clove Bark (unroasted), Amomum Seed (peeled, stir-fried), Cardamom (stir-fried), Shenqu (crushed, stir-fried), Licorice (roasted), Galangal (coarsely chopped, stir-fried), Platycodon (root removed), Cinnamon Bark (peeled, unroasted), and Frankincense—all in equal parts.

Source

From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 4.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder.

Instructions for Use

Administer with salted water, three doses per day; alternatively, boil three slices of fresh ginger with a pinch of salt and take the decoction.

Five-Ingredient Tonifying Powder,From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family*, Volume 4.,

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