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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.

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