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Chrysanthemum Prescription

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Chrysanthemum Prescription

Formulas Name : Chrysanthemum Prescription

Chinese Name : 服菊方

Drug Formulation

Chrysanthemum (harvest shoots in the third month of spring, stems in the third month of summer, flowers in the third month of autumn, fruits in October, and roots in November and December).

Source

From *Da Qing Jing*, cited in Volume 26 of *Yi Xin Fang*.

Processing

Allow all parts to air-dry in the shade for 100 days; prepare 2 fen of each part, combine and sift. In spring, add 1 fen of seeds and 2 fen of shoots; in summer, add 3 fen of stems and 2 fen of roots; in autumn, add 1 fen of seeds and 2 fen of flowers; in winter, add 3 fen of flowers and 2 fen of roots. Pound into pills with white pine resin, each the size of a paulownia seed.

Instructions for Use

Take 7 pills per dose, three times a day, after meals.

Chrysanthemum Prescription,From *Da Qing Jing*, cited in Volume 26 of *Yi Xin Fang*.,

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