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Chengqi Pills,For febrile diseases where the patient has not had a bowel movement for more than 10 days.

Formulas Name : Chengqi Pills

Chinese Name : 承气丸

Drug Formulation

1 liang Sichuan rhubarb (chopped and lightly roasted), 1 liang prunus mume kernels (soaked in hot water to remove the skin, then ground separately), 1 fen trichosanthes fruit (roasted with wheat bran until yellow), 2 liang Sichuan sodium silicate, 1 liang hemp seeds (ground and added).

Source

*Shenghui* (Volume 18).

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey, and form into pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For febrile diseases where the patient has not had a bowel movement for more than 10 days.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills at a time, washed down with warm water, at any time of day; if no bowel movement occurs, take another dose.

Chengqi Pills,*Shenghui* (Volume 18).,For febrile diseases where the patient has not had a bowel movement for more than 10 days.

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