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Cui Bi Pills,For unrelenting thirst and restlessness, a dry throat, and agitation, heat, and drowsiness.

Formulas Name : Cui Bi Pills

Chinese Name : 翠碧丸

Drug Formulation

Indigo Powder (ground) 1 liang; Ophiopogon Tuber (core removed, roasted) 1 liang; Pueraria Root (chopped) 1 liang; Pinellia Rhizome (washed 7 times in boiling water to remove slime, sliced, roasted) 2 liang; Ginseng half a liang; Anemarrhena Rhizome (roasted) half a liang; Trichosanthes Root 3 fen; Aconite Root (processed with ox bile) half a liang; Hematite (calcined) 3 liang.

Source

*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 58.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed using wheat flour paste, and coat with gold leaf.

Benefits

For unrelenting thirst and restlessness, a dry throat, and agitation, heat, and drowsiness.

Instructions for Use

Take 15 pills per dose after meals or before bedtime, washed down with a decoction of ginseng and bamboo leaves.

Cui Bi Pills,*Compendium of Divine Remedies*, Volume 58.,For unrelenting thirst and restlessness, a dry throat, and agitation, heat, and drowsiness.

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