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Enhanced Dongxia Pills,For heat in the upper burner, accompanied by cough and phlegm production.

Formulas Name : Enhanced Dongxia Pills

Chinese Name : 加味洞下丸

Drug Formulation

Half a jin of tangerine peel (stir-fried with 1 liang of salt and a small amount of water), 1 liang of processed Pinellia tuber, 1 liang of processed Pinellia rhizome, 1 liang of Scutellaria root, 1 liang of Coptis root, and 1 liang of licorice root.

Source

From *Yi Tong*, Volume 43, citing *Ji Cheng*.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; mix with steamed buns soaked in hot water to form pills the size of a tung tree seed.

Benefits

For heat in the upper burner, accompanied by cough and phlegm production.

Instructions for Use

Take 50 pills at a time, washed down with plain hot water.

Enhanced Dongxia Pills，From *Yi Tong*, Volume 43, citing *Ji Cheng*.，For heat in the upper burner, accompanied by cough and phlegm production.

Copyright: Excerpt from From *Yi Tong*, Volume 43, citing *Ji Cheng*., Copyright belongs to the Original Author and all original sources, This article was shared by DeDe on August 25, 2026, Please credit the source and include a link to the original article when reposting.

Terminology Proofreading: [Cheng Bo] | August 25, 2026
Reviewed by: [Wang Zhongxiang, Associate Chief TCM Physician (China)] | August 25, 2026

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