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Eight-Ingredient Sandalwood Powder

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Eight-Ingredient Sandalwood Powder,For coughs caused by lung heat with pus-tinged sputum.

Formulas Name : Eight-Ingredient Sandalwood Powder

Chinese Name : 八味檀香散

Drug Formulation

Sandalwood 200g, Gypsum 100g, Safflower 100g, Licorice 100g, Cloves 100g, Northern Glehnia Root 100g, Fist-shaped Glehnia Root 100g, White Raisins 100g.

Source

Volume 1 of the *Chinese Pharmacopoeia*.

Processing

Except for sandalwood, cloves, and white raisins, grind the remaining five ingredients (including gypsum) into a coarse powder. Add the white raisins, grind again, and dry in an oven. Then add the sandalwood and cloves, grind into a fine powder, sift, and mix thoroughly to obtain the final preparation.

Benefits

For coughs caused by lung heat with pus-tinged sputum.

Instructions for Use

Take orally, 2–3 g per dose, 1 to 2 times daily.

Eight-Ingredient Sandalwood Powder，Volume 1 of the *Chinese Pharmacopoeia*.，For coughs caused by lung heat with pus-tinged sputum.

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Terminology Proofreading: [Cheng Bo] | August 18, 2026
Reviewed by: [Wang Zhongxiang, Associate Chief TCM Physician (China)] | August 18, 2026

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