Cucumber Pills

Cucumber Pills,For bone-consuming fever, dry skin, mental restlessness and heat, dry mouth, and reddish-yellow urine.

Formulas Name : Cucumber Pills

Chinese Name : 黄瓜丸

Drug Formulation

1 ripe cucumber, 2 liang of Coptis (powdered).

Source

From *Shenghui*, Volume 30.

Processing

Make an incision at the top of the cooked cucumber, remove the seeds, fill with Coptis powder, seal the opening with paper, wrap in barley flour, and roast over low heat until the flour turns golden brown and is fully cooked. Remove the flour and form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For bone-consuming fever, dry skin, mental restlessness and heat, dry mouth, and reddish-yellow urine.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills per dose, washed down with warm water after a meal.

Cucumber Pills,From *Shenghui*, Volume 30.,For bone-consuming fever, dry skin, mental restlessness and heat, dry mouth, and reddish-yellow urine.

More Herbs Formulas

Military All-Purpose Ointment

Military All-Purpose Ointment,Formula by Xu Bangdao, cited in *The Great Dictionary of Chinese Medicine*.,For contusions and injuries, as well as all types of unknown malignant conditions, scrofula, abscesses, phlegm nodules, blood stasis, qi stagnation, and conditions caused by wind, cold, and dampness.

Angelica, Peony, Licorice, and Wheat Decoction

Angelica, Peony, Licorice, and Wheat Decoction,*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*.,Postpartum spontaneous lactation; sallow-yellow complexion with occasional flushing; restlessness and irritability; dizziness and distension in the flanks; yellow tongue; taut and rapid pulse.

Jianci Powder

Jianci Powder,*Zhun Sheng: Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 5.,Sha Zhe Ma (疒其).

Jianxian Ointment

Jianxian Ointment,*Zongfutang Formulas*, Volume 2.,Effective for wind, cold, and dampness; joint pain; gout; atrophy, numbness, and loss of sensation; “crane-knee wind”; migraine; “leaking shoulder wind”; and injuries from falls, blows, or sprains, as well as yin-type conditions and unexplained swellings and abscesses.

Decoction of Two Purples and Dandelion

Decoction of Two Purples and Dandelion,From *Dongtian Aozi*, Volume 7.,For tendon abscesses, consumptive abscesses, and foot abscesses presenting with yang-type symptoms.

Sun Simiao’s Immortal Pill

Sun Simiao’s Immortal Pill,From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 3.,For wind-induced skin diseases.

“Unchangeable Golden Elixir”

“Unchangeable Golden Elixir”,From *Medical Origins*, Volume Middle.,For facial paralysis due to stroke.

Astragalus and Jianzhong Decoction

Astragalus and Jianzhong Decoction,*Essentials of the Golden Chamber*,Warms the middle and tonifies qi. Indicated for deficiency-related debility, abdominal cramping, spontaneous or night sweats, shortness of breath, fatigue in the limbs, and a weak and large pulse.

White Rabbit Pills

White Rabbit Pills,From *The Medical Compendium*, Volume 78, citing *The Blue Sack*.,

Shi Zheng Decoction

Shi Zheng Decoction,From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.,Shortness of breath; fatigue in the limbs.

Xuncao Huanglian Decoction

Xuncao Huanglian Decoction,From *Xiaopin Fang*, cited in Volume 2 of *Wai Tai*.,Fox-Deception Syndrome.

Purple Soybean Decoction

Purple Soybean Decoction,From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 3, citing *Fan Wang Fang*.,Loss of voice due to stroke; lower back pain with stiffness; women with vaginal discharge of five colors; postpartum stroke, or postpartum body pain caused by exposure to wind while lochia has not yet ceased. Women suffering from severe postpartum stroke, or those with a … Read more

Cardamom and Coptis Pill

Cardamom and Coptis Pill,*Direct Decisions on Pediatric Medicines and Syndromes*, Volume 2.,For diarrhea—regardless of whether it is cold or hot, accompanied by red or white stools—due to an imbalance of yin and yang, abdominal pain, and sharp, gurgling pain in the intestines.

Formula for Applying Mung Bean Powder

Formula for Applying Mung Bean Powder,*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 308.,For urinary pain and discharge caused by centipede bites.

Small Gold Foil Pills

Small Gold Foil Pills,Quoted from *Lingyuan Fang* in Volume 19 of *New Book on the Care of Infants*.,For adults and children suffering from toxic obstruction of the heart, difficulty swallowing, upper respiratory obstruction with mouth sores, restless sleep, and restlessness in the chest and diaphragm; for fright-induced disorders; and for young unmarried women with bone-consuming … Read more

Bamboo Shavings and Gypsum Decoction

Bamboo Shavings and Gypsum Decoction,From *Ma Ke Huo Ren*, Volume 3.,During the fever phase of measles, accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea.

Miraculous Universal Ointment

Miraculous Universal Ointment,*Extensive Collection of Clinical Experience*, Volume 4.,For sore throat and wheezing, severe physical injuries, nocturnal emissions in men, leukorrhea in women, irregular menstruation, abdominal distension, left-sided paralysis or right-sided weakness, pain in the heart, stomach, or abdomen, masses, boils, carbuncles, scrofula, scabies, tinea, all types of swollen abscesses, trauma from falls or blows, … Read more

Formula for Spontaneous Resolution of Stagnant Lactation

Formula for Spontaneous Resolution of Stagnant Lactation,*Compiled Medical Manuscripts*, Volume 17.,For initial breast engorgement that does not subside.

Twenty-Four Ingredient Da Jianzhong Decoction

Twenty-Four Ingredient Da Jianzhong Decoction,From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.,For consumptive disorders. Characterized by alternating chills and fever that have persisted for a long time without resolution, loss of appetite, wasting of flesh and muscle, and dryness of the mouth and throat.

Clove Cakes

Clove Cakes,From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 18.,For spleen and stomach deficiency-cold, phlegm-reversal with vomiting, reduced appetite, five types of dysphagia, and gastric reflux with nausea.

Hei Chou Powder

Hei Chou Powder,From *Six Books on Medical Essentials*, Volume 28.,For pregnant women with chest pain and a deep, taut, and tight pulse.

Chaihu with Mangxiao Decoction

Chaihu with Mangxiao Decoction,*Treatise on Cold Damage*.,In cases of cold damage lasting 13 days without resolution, with fullness in the chest and flanks accompanied by vomiting, and a tidal fever occurring in the late afternoon followed by mild diarrhea—this is fundamentally a Bupleurum syndrome. Purgation failed to induce bowel movement; the physician then administered a … Read more

Ling Sha Gui Ming Dan

Ling Sha Gui Ming Dan,*Formulary of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 10.,For children with accumulated pathogenic heat, characterized by persistent low-grade fever, flushed cheeks, dry mouth, restlessness in the chest and diaphragm, difficulty expelling phlegm, restless sleep, or episodes of fright and epilepsy accompanied by drooling and convulsions. Also indicated for cases of undigested food stagnation … Read more

Powder for Sealing Fistulas and Promoting Tissue Regeneration

Powder for Sealing Fistulas and Promoting Tissue Regeneration,From *The Precious Manual of Medical Examination*, Volume 4.,For eye disorders characterized by a yellowish-red, watery discharge during the day.

Formula for Relieving Throat Obstruction

Formula for Relieving Throat Obstruction,From *Li Ye*.,Throat disorders, mouth and tongue sores, and dental caries.