Ejiao-Plum-Coptis Pills

Ejiao-Plum-Coptis Pills,For five-colored dysentery accompanied by night sweats and a weak, deep, and rapid pulse.

Formulas Name : Ejiao-Plum-Coptis Pills

Chinese Name : 阿胶梅连丸

Drug Formulation

Half liang of Jinjing Ejiao (stir-fried with grass ash until thoroughly white; grind separately; if not fine enough, stir-fry again and grind finely), half liang of black plum pulp (pitted and stir-fried), half liang of Phellodendron bark (chopped and stir-fried), half liang of Coptis, half liang of Angelica sinensis (roasted), half liang of red peony root, half liang of dried ginger (roasted), and half liang of red Poria.

Source

*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 10.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder, mix thoroughly with donkey-hide gelatin, and form into pills the size of a tung tree seed using water.

Benefits

For five-colored dysentery accompanied by night sweats and a weak, deep, and rapid pulse.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills per dose, washed down with warm rice water; take 5–6 doses before meals and at night. For children, the pills should be the size of mung beans.

Note

Avoid greasy and fatty foods.

Ejiao-Plum-Coptis Pills,*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 10.,For five-colored dysentery accompanied by night sweats and a weak, deep, and rapid pulse.

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