Apricot and Lingzhi Pills

Apricot and Lingzhi Pills,For children with coughing, excessive phlegm, shortness of breath, and mental confusion.

Formulas Name : Apricot and Lingzhi Pills

Chinese Name : 杏灵丸

Drug Formulation

Cinnabar 2 qian (ground separately), Pinellia 0.5 liang (washed in hot water to remove slipperiness), Wulingzhi 1 liang (lightly roasted; grind these two ingredients into powder), Sweet Shepherd’s Purse 0.5 liang (roasted through paper), Apricot Kernels 0.5 liang (soaked in hot water, remove skin and tips, then roasted with clam powder).

Source

*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 19.

Processing

Pound the sweet shepherd’s purse and apricot kernels separately into a paste, then grind them together until uniform. Boil a paste made from wheat flour with the natural juice of fresh ginger, and form it into pills the size of millet grains.

Benefits

For children with coughing, excessive phlegm, shortness of breath, and mental confusion.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills at a time, washed down with warm ginger tea, at any time of day.

Apricot and Lingzhi Pills,*Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 19.,For children with coughing, excessive phlegm, shortness of breath, and mental confusion.

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