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Forsythia Pills,For scrofula nodules, whether ruptured or unruptured.

Formulas Name : Forsythia Pills

Chinese Name : 连翘丸

Drug Formulation

Fresh mint: 2 jin (split open to extract the juice); high-quality soapberry: 1 deng (soaked in water to remove the peel, split open to extract the juice; boil these two ingredients together in a silver or stone vessel until reduced to a paste); green tangerine peel: 1 liang; forsythia: half a liang;Chenpi 1 liang (with white pith intact), soapberry seeds (roasted over low heat to remove the skin; extract the kernels, pound, and sift into a fine powder) 1.5 liang, black pharbitis 1.5 liang (half raw, half roasted).

Source

From *Ji Sheng*, Volume 8.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder and use the paste prepared earlier to form pills the size of a tung tree seed.

Benefits

For scrofula nodules, whether ruptured or unruptured.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills per dose, washed down with a decoction of Forsythia after meals.

Forsythia Pills,From *Ji Sheng*, Volume 8.,For scrofula nodules, whether ruptured or unruptured.

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