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Double Ginger and Pinellia Pills

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Double Ginger and Pinellia Pills,For phlegm and fluid retention.

Formulas Name : Double Ginger and Pinellia Pills

Chinese Name : 倍姜半夏丸

Drug Formulation

2 liang of dried ginger (soaked and washed), 1 liang of white alum (calcined), 1 liang of Pinellia (soaked in hot water 7 times), 1 liang of Aconite (soaked in hot water 7 times), and 1 liang of tangerine peel.

Source

From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with wheat flour paste to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For phlegm and fluid retention.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills per dose, washed down with fresh ginger decoction, at any time.

Double Ginger and Pinellia Pills,From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.,For phlegm and fluid retention.

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