General of the State Pills

General of the State Pills,Dysentery.

Formulas Name : General of the State Pills

Chinese Name : 镇国将军丸

Drug Formulation

1 jin of brocade-patterned rhubarb (sliced thinly and divided into 4 portions; for 1 fen, use 1 liang of Sichuan Coptis, remove the hairs, slice, soak in water to extract the juice, mix with the rhubarb, and stir-fry until dry;for one portion, use 1 liang of Evodia fruit; remove the stems, soak in water to extract the juice, mix with the rhubarb, and stir-fry until dry; for one portion, soak the rhubarb in human breast milk, mix, and stir-fry until dry; for one portion, soak the rhubarb in a child’s urine, and stir-fry until dry).

Source

*Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 3.

Processing

Combine the above four portions into one batch, grind into a fine powder, and form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed using a rice paste mixed with wine. Steam half of the batch three times and sun-dry three times; sun-dry the other half. Package each separately for future use.

Benefits

Dysentery.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills (half “raw” and half “cooked”) per dose. For white dysentery, take with a decoction of Evodia fruit; for red dysentery, take with a decoction of Coptis; for mixed red and white dysentery, take with a decoction of Evodia fruit and Coptis.

General of the State Pills,*Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 3.,Dysentery.

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