Mugwort and Ginger Pills

Mugwort and Ginger Pills,For damp-cold dysentery with pus and blood, abdominal pain; uterine bleeding in women; and white dysentery.

Formulas Name : Mugwort and Ginger Pills

Chinese Name : 艾姜丸

Drug Formulation

4 liang of dried mugwort leaves (roasted until charred but retaining their properties), 1 fen of Sichuan white ginger (roasted).

Source

*The Direct Pointers*, Volume 14.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with a paste made from vinegar-boiled flour to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For damp-cold dysentery with pus and blood, abdominal pain; uterine bleeding in women; and white dysentery.

Instructions for Use

Take 70 pills per dose, washed down with plain water or rice water before meals.

Mugwort and Ginger Pills,*The Direct Pointers*, Volume 14.,For damp-cold dysentery with pus and blood, abdominal pain; uterine bleeding in women; and white dysentery.

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