Fire-Date Powder

Fire-Date Powder,Swelling.

Formulas Name : Fire-Date Powder

Chinese Name : 火枣散

Drug Formulation

1 chamber pot (containing Ren Zhong Bai at least 1 cun thick), and a sufficient quantity of red dates.

Source

From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 2.

Processing

Fill the red dates completely with the white substance from the human nose, seal them with a 1-cun-thick layer of salt mud, prop them up with three nails, and calcine them over a fire for one day and one night. Remove the dates, add a small amount of musk, and grind into a powder.

Benefits

Swelling.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 qian per dose, washed down with clear broth.

Fire-Date Powder,From *Formulas of the Huizhitiang Hall*, Volume 2.,Swelling.

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