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Cinnabar and Pinellia Pills,For cough due to cold phlegm.

Formulas Name : Cinnabar and Pinellia Pills

Chinese Name : 辰砂半夏丸

Drug Formulation

Trichosanthes root (honey-fried): half liang; Aconite (washed in boiling water): half liang; Pinellia (washed in boiling water 7 times): half liang; Dried ginger (roasted): half liang.

Source

*General Essentials of Health*, Volume 14.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; mix with the natural juice of fresh ginger to form pills the size of a sesame seed; coat with cinnabar.

Benefits

For cough due to cold phlegm.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills per dose, washed down with ginger decoction, at any time of day.

Cinnabar and Pinellia Pills,*General Essentials of Health*, Volume 14.,For cough due to cold phlegm.

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