Chu Tree Root Powder，From *Shenghui*, Volume 93.，For children with purulent and bloody dysentery resembling fish brains, accompanied by lethargy and heaviness.
Chu Tree Root Powder
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Formulas Name : Chu Tree Root Powder
Chinese Name : 樗树根散
Drug Formulation
1 fen of Chuan tree root bark (chopped, stir-fried until slightly yellow), half liang of Trifoliate orange peel (stir-fried with wheat bran until slightly yellow, pith removed), half fen of Coptis (stems removed, lightly stir-fried), half fen of Chinese pepper (lightly stir-fried), and half fen of Red Peony root.
Source
From *Shenghui*, Volume 93.
Processing
The above is a coarse powder.
Benefits
For children with purulent and bloody dysentery resembling fish brains, accompanied by lethargy and heaviness.
Instructions for Use
Take 1 qian per dose. Add 30 soybeans and 1 stalk of scallion white to 1 small cup of water, decoct until reduced to 5 fen, strain out the residue, and administer in divided doses according to the child’s age, warmed, at any time.
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Chu Tree Root Powder,For children with purulent and bloody dysentery resembling fish brains, accompanied by lethargy and heaviness.