Black Spirit Pills,*Bo Ji*, Volume 3.,For persistent coughs that have lasted for many years.
Black Spirit Pills
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Formulas Name : Black Spirit Pills
Chinese Name : 黑灵丸
Drug Formulation
1 fen of Notopterygium root, 1 fen of Angelica pubescens, 30 seeds of croton (with husks intact), and 30 pieces of Pinellia—place all together in a jar, seal it with salt mud, and calcine over a charcoal fire at 3 jin until red-hot; remove, then add the first two ingredients.
Source
*Bo Ji*, Volume 3.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey, and form into pills the size of a paulownia seed.
Benefits
For persistent coughs that have lasted for many years.
Instructions for Use
Take 1 pill per dose, followed by a decoction of the following herbs: half a liang of Aristolochia, 1 fen of Cinnamomum cassia, and half a liang of sweet shepherd’s purse (lightly roasted). Grind these into a powder; take 1 qian per dose. Boil 1 zhan of water down to 8 fen, then add the pill; sip the remaining decoction frequently to keep the aroma of the medicine in the throat.
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Black Spirit Pills,For persistent coughs that have lasted for many years.