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Eight-Ingredient Coptis Powder

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Eight-Ingredient Coptis Powder,For acute febrile diseases with jaundice and “bandit wind” (a type of sudden, severe wind-heat syndrome), where, after taking the Dried Kudzu Powder, the fever has subsided slightly but has not been completely resolved.

Formulas Name : Eight-Ingredient Coptis Powder

Chinese Name : 黄连八味散

Drug Formulation

1 jin of Coptis, 1 jin of Scutellaria, 1 jin of Dried Ginger, 1 jin of Sichuan Cimicifuga, 1 jin of Anemarrhena, 1 jin of Dried Rehmannia, half a jin of Gardenia seeds, and half a jin of Isatis.

Source

Quoted from *Xu Renze’s Formulas* in Volume 4 of *Wai Tai*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a powder.

Benefits

For acute febrile diseases with jaundice and “bandit wind” (a type of sudden, severe wind-heat syndrome), where, after taking the Dried Kudzu Powder, the fever has subsided slightly but has not been completely resolved.

Instructions for Use

Take one fangcun bi after each meal, twice daily; gradually increase the dose to two bi.

Note

Avoid pork, cold water, and wild fennel.

Eight-Ingredient Coptis Powder,Quoted from *Xu Renze’s Formulas* in Volume 4 of *Wai Tai*.,For acute febrile diseases with jaundice and “bandit wind” (a type of sudden, severe wind-heat syndrome), where, after taking the Dried Kudzu Powder, the fever has subsided slightly but has not been completely resolved.

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