Amber Pill for Separating the Clear from the Turbid，*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.，For damp-heat and toxic fire descending from the Liver Meridian, causing painful, turbid dysuria and difficulty urinating, as well as severe heat in lower-body sores resulting in swelling, pain, and ulceration.
Amber Pill for Separating the Clear from the Turbid
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Formulas Name : Amber Pill for Separating the Clear from the Turbid
Chinese Name : 琥珀分清泄浊丸
Drug Formulation
1 liang of amber; 10 liang of brocade-patterned rhubarb.
Source
*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; use the egg whites from 24 eggs to form pills with a pestle, each the size of a Paulownia seed, and coat with cinnabar.
Benefits
For damp-heat and toxic fire descending from the Liver Meridian, causing painful, turbid dysuria and difficulty urinating, as well as severe heat in lower-body sores resulting in swelling, pain, and ulceration.
Instructions for Use
Take 3 qian per dose, washed down with warm water on an empty stomach. After taking the medicine, the urine will appear golden yellow; after three days, the fire and toxins will dissipate, the turbid discharge will cease on its own, and the swelling and sores will subside.
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Amber Pill for Separating the Clear from the Turbid,For damp-heat and toxic fire descending from the Liver Meridian, causing painful, turbid dysuria and difficulty urinating, as well as severe heat in lower-body sores resulting in swelling, pain, and ulceration.