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Double Ginger Pills,For chronic or recent coughs with continuous, unceasing sounds; cough with phlegm.

Formulas Name : Double Ginger Pills

Chinese Name : 倍姜丸

Drug Formulation

1 liang raw alum, 1 liang raw Pinellia (with navel removed), 1 liang raw Aconite (with navel removed), 1 liang Poria cocos, 2 liang dried ginger.

Source

From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Vol. 19, citing *Essential Home Remedies*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with ginger juice to form a paste, then roll into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For chronic or recent coughs with continuous, unceasing sounds; cough with phlegm.

Instructions for Use

Take 40–50 pills per dose, taken after meals or before bedtime with ginger soup.

Double Ginger Pills,From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Vol. 19, citing *Essential Home Remedies*.,For chronic or recent coughs with continuous, unceasing sounds; cough with phlegm.

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