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Ban Jiao Pills,For chronic pulmonary consumption with prolonged coughing and expectoration of pus and blood, as well as sudden-onset cough, pulmonary atrophy with emaciation, and thick, sticky saliva and nasal discharge.

Formulas Name : Ban Jiao Pills

Chinese Name : 半角丸

Drug Formulation

2 pairs of Gekko (coated with butter and roasted), 6 fen of Ginseng, 6 fen of Platycodon grandiflorus, 6 fen of Anemarrhena asphodeloides, 6 fen of Perilla frutescens, 6 fen of Sapindus mukorossi (coated with butter and roasted), 6 fen of Sweet Lepidium (roasted),8 fen of soft-shelled turtle shell (roasted with butter), 6 fen of areca nut, 6 fen of white front, 8 fen of Bupleurum, 6 fen of Chinese Stephania, 6 fen of apricot kernels (roasted, with skin and tip removed), 6 fen of antelope horn (roasted), 6 fen of prunus seed (roasted, with skin removed), 6 fen of purple aster, and 6 fen of Poria.

Source

*Family Treasures*, Volume 2.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey, and form into pills the size of a tung tree seed.

Benefits

For chronic pulmonary consumption with prolonged coughing and expectoration of pus and blood, as well as sudden-onset cough, pulmonary atrophy with emaciation, and thick, sticky saliva and nasal discharge.

Instructions for Use

Take 10–15 pills per dose, washed down with a decoction of glutinous rice and ginseng after meals, 2–3 times daily.

Ban Jiao Pills,*Family Treasures*, Volume 2.,For chronic pulmonary consumption with prolonged coughing and expectoration of pus and blood, as well as sudden-onset cough, pulmonary atrophy with emaciation, and thick, sticky saliva and nasal discharge.

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