Eight-Treasure Decoction

Eight-Treasure Decoction,For coughs.

Formulas Name : Eight-Treasure Decoction

Chinese Name : 八宝饮

Drug Formulation

Poppy shells (with seeds, stalks, and tips removed; stir-fried with honey), tangerine peel, coltsfoot flowers, lily bulbs, white mulberry bark, platycodon root (stir-fried), ginseng (root base removed), and donkey-hide gelatin (chopped and stir-fried with clam powder until pearl-like)—each in equal parts

Source

From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a coarse powder.

Benefits

For coughs.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 daqian per dose; add 1.5 zhan of water, 5 large slices of fresh ginger, 1 black plum, and 2 northern jujubes (split open); decoct together until reduced to 8 fen; strain; and take warm before bedtime.

Eight-Treasure Decoction,From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.,For coughs.

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