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Cun’an Qu,For common colds and flu.

Formulas Name : Cun’an Qu

Chinese Name : 存安曲

Drug Formulation

5 jin of hawthorn fruit, 2 jin of Sichuan ligusticum, 2 jin of Sichuan notopterygium, 3 jin of cocklebur seeds, 15 jin of Chinese schizonepeta, 5 jin of ephedra, 5 jin of tea leaves, 5 jin of Atractylodes lancea, 3 jin of aged tangerine peel, 20 jin of perilla, 10 jin of white angelica, 10 jin of saposhnikovia, 5 jin of kudzu root, 2 jin of Sichuan magnolia bark.

Source

*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Yuxian Formula).

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a coarse powder and form into cakes using a flour paste. Each cake weighs 1 liang.

Benefits

For common colds and flu.

Instructions for Use

Adults: 1 cake per dose; children: half the adult dose. Take with rock sugar water.

Note

Contraindicated for the weak.

Cun’an Qu,*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations* (Yuxian Formula).,For common colds and flu.

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