White Snail Shell Pills

White Snail Shell Pills,Pain in the epigastrium due to phlegm accumulation.

Formulas Name : White Snail Shell Pills

Chinese Name : 白螺壳丸

Drug Formulation

Snail Shell 2 liang (from those that have been on a wall for many years; burn them), Talc 2 liang (roasted), Atractylodes 2 liang, Gardenia 2 liang, Cyperus 2 liang, Pinellia 2 liang, Fructus Aurantii 0.5 liang, Green Tangerine Peel 0.5 liang, Wood Fragrance 0.5 liang, Pinellia Rhizome 0.5 liang, Amomum 0.5 liang.

Source

Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 4; name cited in *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 4.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with steamed buns moistened with fresh ginger juice to form pills the size of mung beans.

Benefits

Pain in the epigastrium due to phlegm accumulation.

Instructions for Use

Take 30–40 pills per dose, washed down with ginger soup. In spring, add Chuanxiong; in summer, add Huanglian; in autumn and winter, add half liang of Wu Zhu Yu. For patients with phlegm, dissolve Mingfan in water and form pills the size of a chicken’s head. Take 1 pill per dose, washed down with hot ginger soup.

White Snail Shell Pills,Formula from *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 4; name cited in *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 4.,Pain in the epigastrium due to phlegm accumulation.

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