Black Plum Pills，*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 10.，Liver-related heat manifesting as malaria-like symptoms causes the patient’s complexion to turn ashen, with shortness of breath and a suffocating sensation, appearing as if dead; or, in cases of prolonged fever with slight tremors resembling malaria, the condition may persist for years without resolution.
Black Plum Pills
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Formulas Name : Black Plum Pills
Chinese Name : 乌梅丸
Drug Formulation
1 liang of dried black plum flesh, 1 liang of Sichuan lacquer, 1 liang of softshell turtle shell, 1 liang of Asarum, 1 liang of Anemarrhena, 1 liang of Sophora flavescens, 1.5 liang of Hengshan, 2 liang of gypsum, 18 zhu of licorice, 18 zhu of Asarum, and 1 he of fragrant fermented soybeans.
Source
*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 10.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.
Benefits
Liver-related heat manifesting as malaria-like symptoms causes the patient’s complexion to turn ashen, with shortness of breath and a suffocating sensation, appearing as if dead; or, in cases of prolonged fever with slight tremors resembling malaria, the condition may persist for years without resolution.
Instructions for Use
Take 10 pills per dose, washed down with wine, twice daily; it may also be taken with water.
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Black Plum Pills,Liver-related heat manifesting as malaria-like symptoms causes the patient’s complexion to turn ashen, with shortness of breath and a suffocating sensation, appearing as if dead; or, in cases of prolonged fever with slight tremors resembling malaria, the condition may persist for years without resolution.