Enhanced Xiaowei Dan

Enhanced Xiaowei Dan,For phlegm nodules occurring in the lower body, accompanied by damp-heat.

Formulas Name : Enhanced Xiaowei Dan

Chinese Name : 加味小胃丹

Drug Formulation

Nanxing 2 liang 5 qian, Pinellia 2 liang 5 qian (boiled 15 times in water with white alum, soapberry thorns, and ginger juice), Peach Kernel 2 liang,Apricot Kernel (soaked in a solution of white alum and soapberry) 2 liang, Safflower 2 liang, Dried Tangerine Peel 2 liang, Zhi Shi (soaked in white alum water for half a month, then stir-fried) 2 liang, White Atractylodes 2 liang, White Mustard Seed 2 liang, Cang Zhu 2 liang (soaked overnight in rice water, white alum, and soapberry water, then stir-fried).

Source

*Selected Essences of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 3.

Benefits

For phlegm nodules occurring in the lower body, accompanied by damp-heat.

Instructions for Use

Grind the above ingredients into a powder; mix with ginger juice and bamboo sap, then boil with Shenqu to form pills for oral administration. For phlegm-induced stroke: take with light ginger decoction for epigastric fullness, dizziness, and sore throat; take with strong ginger decoction for paralysis and aphasia; however, for epigastric masses, headaches, and migraines, take before bedtime or after meals.

Note

This formula must not be used in cases of fire-dryness syndrome.

Enhanced Xiaowei Dan,*Selected Essences of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 3.,For phlegm nodules occurring in the lower body, accompanied by damp-heat.

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