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Dunchi Pills,For both new and chronic scrofula, tuberculous edema, and painful hard lumps—regardless of whether they have ulcerated or not.

Formulas Name : Dunchi Pills

Chinese Name : 蹲鸱丸

Drug Formulation

10 jin of fragrant taro (cleaned and ground into powder).

Source

*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Hangzhou Formula).

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; use 1 jin of lightly salted, aged sea cucumber and 1 jin of large water chestnuts to prepare a decoction, then form into pills.

Benefits

For both new and chronic scrofula, tuberculous edema, and painful hard lumps—regardless of whether they have ulcerated or not.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 qian per dose, washed down with hot water.

Dunchi Pills,*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Hangzhou Formula).,For both new and chronic scrofula, tuberculous edema, and painful hard lumps—regardless of whether they have ulcerated or not.

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