Chen Sha Li Tan Pills

Chen Sha Li Tan Pills,For phlegm and saliva that remain stagnant and fail to dissipate, causing fullness and distension in the chest and abdomen, delayed digestion of food, or occasional coughing and difficulty swallowing.

Formulas Name : Chen Sha Li Tan Pills

Chinese Name : 辰砂利痰丸

Drug Formulation

Shenqu (roasted until yellow): half a jin; wheat bran: half a jin; aged tangerine peel: 4 liang (white pith removed); white alum (sifted): 3.5 liang; soapberry (roasted until yellow, seeds removed, and fried with butter): 3.5 liang;Tiannanxing (processed) 3 liang and a half, Banxia (washed in boiling water 7 times) 3 liang and a half, Xiangbai Zhi (simmered with Banxia in 1 jin and a half of good wine until thoroughly softened, then sun-dried) 3 liang and a half.

Source

From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 5.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed using ginger juice and wheat flour paste as binders, and coat each pill with one liang of cinnabar.

Benefits

For phlegm and saliva that remain stagnant and fail to dissipate, causing fullness and distension in the chest and abdomen, delayed digestion of food, or occasional coughing and difficulty swallowing.

Instructions for Use

Take 60–70 pills per dose, washed down with decocted ginger tea; take at any time; clear tea is also acceptable.

Chen Sha Li Tan Pills,From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 5.,For phlegm and saliva that remain stagnant and fail to dissipate, causing fullness and distension in the chest and abdomen, delayed digestion of food, or occasional coughing and difficulty swallowing.

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