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Eight Immortals Decoction

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Eight Immortals Decoction,For men and women suffering from consumptive disease and bone-consuming fever who experience fever after taking Soft-Shelled Turtle Shell Pills.

Formulas Name : Eight Immortals Decoction

Chinese Name : 八仙饮子

Drug Formulation

Changshan, White Atractylodes, Qin Jiao, Hongzhou Podophyllum, Red Peony Root, Licorice, Perilla, Yinzhou, and Bupleurum—each in equal parts.

Source

From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 319.

Processing

Wash thoroughly and grind into a coarse powder.

Benefits

For men and women suffering from consumptive disease and bone-consuming fever who experience fever after taking Soft-Shelled Turtle Shell Pills.

Instructions for Use

Take half a liang per dose. Boil with 2 bowls of water, 2 black plum flesh, 7 cun of scallion white, 7 cun of Chinese chive white, 7 cun of peach twig, and 7 cun of locust twig until reduced to 1 zhan. Strain and drink while warm; repeat the decoction with the remaining residue.

Eight Immortals Decoction,From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 319.,For men and women suffering from consumptive disease and bone-consuming fever who experience fever after taking Soft-Shelled Turtle Shell Pills.

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