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Five-Pai Pills

Formulas Name : Five-Pai Pills

Chinese Name : 五倍丸

Drug Formulation

2 liang of gallnut, 2 liang of Chuanxiong (finely chopped), 2 liang of chrysanthemum flowers, 2 liang of Schizonepeta spikelets, and 2 liang of Tussilago flowers.

Source

*Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, then mix with honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Instructions for Use

Take 15 pills per dose on an empty stomach, at dawn, or after the evening meal, washed down with salted water or wine. If one feels exceptionally at ease, taking only one dose per day is even better.

Five-Pai Pills,*Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.,

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