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Chuanxiong Tongqi Powder

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Chuanxiong Tongqi Powder,Abscesses and swellings on the head and scalp.

Formulas Name : Chuanxiong Tongqi Powder

Chinese Name : 川芎通气散

Drug Formulation

Tianhuafen (washed and ground into a fine powder), Chuanxiong (not exposed to fire, ground into a fine powder), and Chuan Shanjia (the shell from the top of the head, stir-fried and ground into a fine powder)—each in equal parts.

Source

*Emergency Moxibustion Methods*.

Benefits

Abscesses and swellings on the head and scalp.

Instructions for Use

Take 5 qian per dose. Take one Trichosanthes fruit, grind the seeds and flesh into a fine powder, mix with one bowl of ash-free yellow wine, strain out the residue, and simmer in a double boiler until cooked. Then use this wine to mix the medicine and take it on an empty stomach shortly after a meal.

Chuanxiong Tongqi Powder,*Emergency Moxibustion Methods*.,Abscesses and swellings on the head and scalp.

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