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Cinnabar Powder,For spleen pain and gastric reflux.

Formulas Name : Cinnabar Powder

Chinese Name : 粉灵砂

Drug Formulation

1 liang of cinnabar, 2 liang of pearl powder (stir-fried together until slightly discolored), 49 cloves, and 49 peppercorns.

Source

*Effective Remedies*, Volume 5.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Boil Pinellia with fresh ginger juice to form a paste, then roll into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For spleen pain and gastric reflux.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills per dose; for gastric reflux, swallow with decoction of steamed ginger; for spleen pain in the weak, swallow with decoction of roasted salt.

Cinnabar Powder,*Effective Remedies*, Volume 5.,For spleen pain and gastric reflux.

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