Cicada Shedding Cake

Cicada Shedding Cake,For cold-induced tearing of the eyes.

Formulas Name : Cicada Shedding Cake

Chinese Name : 蝉蜕饼子

Drug Formulation

Cicada Shedding (washed, roasted) 1 liang; Eupatorium (fresh) 1 liang; Chrysanthemum flowers 1 liang; Ligusticum root 2 liang; Schizonepeta spikes 2 liang; Licorice (roasted, chopped) half a liang; Atractylodes (soaked in rice water, sliced, roasted) 3 liang.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 107.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills, and shape them into cakes the size of a coin.

Benefits

For cold-induced tearing of the eyes.

Instructions for Use

Take one cake per dose; chew it thoroughly with waxed tea a good while after a meal, three times daily.

Cicada Shedding Cake,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 107.,For cold-induced tearing of the eyes.

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