Cormorant Saliva Pills,*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.,Cormorant Plague in Children. Whooping Cough (i.e., childhood paroxysmal cough).
Cormorant Saliva Pills
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Formulas Name : Cormorant Saliva Pills
Chinese Name : 鸬鹚涎丸
Drug Formulation
2 liang of polished almonds, 2 liang of gardenia (roasted until black), 2 liang of gypsum, 2 liang of clam shell powder, 2 liang of trichosanthes root powder, 3 liang of burdock seeds, 4 qian of raw licorice, 8 qian of ephedra, 1 liang of indigo powder, 1 liang of belamcanda, 5 qian of asarum.
Source
*The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.
Processing
Grind all ingredients into a fine powder; mix with 3 liang of cormorant saliva and honey to form pills the size of a marble.
Benefits
Cormorant Plague in Children. Whooping Cough (i.e., childhood paroxysmal cough).
Instructions for Use
Take 1 pill per dose, dissolved in a decoction of lampwick and bamboo leaves.
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Cormorant Saliva Pills,Cormorant Plague in Children. Whooping Cough (i.e., childhood paroxysmal cough).