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Boiled Pills,For chronic illness with inability to eat or drink, chest and diaphragm filled with phlegm, excessive phlegm and coughing, increased nausea and restlessness, and dizziness and pain in the head and eyes.

Formulas Name : Boiled Pills

Chinese Name : 水煮丸

Drug Formulation

Pinellia tuber 1 liang, Agastache leaves 1 liang, Atractylodes macrocephala 1 liang, Ginseng 1 liang, Chinese yam 1 liang, Poria cocos 1 liang, millet 7 liang, wheat flour 1 liang.

Source

From *Ji Feng*, Volume 11.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; immediately form into pills with cold water, each the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For chronic illness with inability to eat or drink, chest and diaphragm filled with phlegm, excessive phlegm and coughing, increased nausea and restlessness, and dizziness and pain in the head and eyes.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills per dose. First, boil 5 slices of fresh ginger in 1 zhan of water until reduced to 7 fen; remove the ginger, then add the medicine and 1 jujube the size of a soapberry. Simmer until reduced to 4 fen, then slowly scoop out the mixture with a spoon and consume it, washing it down with the decoction.

Boiled Pills,From *Ji Feng*, Volume 11.,For chronic illness with inability to eat or drink, chest and diaphragm filled with phlegm, excessive phlegm and coughing, increased nausea and restlessness, and dizziness and pain in the head and eyes.

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