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Aconite and Piper longum Pills

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Aconite and Piper longum Pills,For diarrhea and dysentery.

Formulas Name : Aconite and Piper longum Pills

Chinese Name : 附子荜茇丸

Drug Formulation

Black Aconite Root (roasted, with skin and pith removed) 1 liang, Piper longum 1 liang, Dried Ginger (roasted) 1 liang, Galangal (chopped) 1 liang, Cloves 1 liang, Evodia fruit (washed in boiling water, then dried) 1 liang, Cinnamon Bark (peeled) half a liang, Cornus fruit (pitted, stir-fried) half a liang, Cardamom half a liang.

Source

From *Ji Feng*, Volume 14.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Steam jujube flesh (peeled and pitted) and form it into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For diarrhea and dysentery.

Instructions for Use

Take 30–50 pills per dose, on an empty stomach or before meals, washed down with rice water.

Aconite and Piper longum Pills,From *Ji Feng*, Volume 14.,For diarrhea and dysentery.

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