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Banxing Pills,Phlegm.

Formulas Name : Banxing Pills

Chinese Name : 半星丸

Drug Formulation

4 liang of Southern Star, 4 liang of Pinellia.

Source

From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 165), citing *Effective Formulas for Saving the World*.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder; pound half a jin of soft ginger until pulpy; mix with half the amount of Pinellia and Aconite to form pills; wrap them in paper mulberry leaves, bundle them tightly, and wrap them in grass; let them dry using the “qu” method; then add 4 liang of peeled Xiangfuzi, ground into a powder; mix with ginger juice and wheat flour paste to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

Phlegm.

Instructions for Use

Take 30–40 pills per dose, washed down with fresh ginger soup after a meal.

Banxing Pills,From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 165), citing *Effective Formulas for Saving the World*.,Phlegm.

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