Ban Su Pills

Ban Su Pills,For chronic cough resulting from a lack of sweating during the summer months.

Formulas Name : Ban Su Pills

Chinese Name : 半苏丸

Drug Formulation

Poria and Perilla leaves, in equal parts.

Source

From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 11.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; add equal parts of oyster shell powder, Shenqu, and spider shell ash, grind into a fine powder, and mix with 5 qian of peach kernel paste and the pulp of one Trichosanthes fruit to form pills.

Benefits

For chronic cough resulting from a lack of sweating during the summer months.

Instructions for Use

First take three doses of San’ao Decoction, then take 30 of these pills, washed down with plain hot water before bedtime.

Ban Su Pills,From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 11.,For chronic cough resulting from a lack of sweating during the summer months.

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