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Four-Ingredient Coptis Pills

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Four-Ingredient Coptis Pills,For the five types of malnutrition and the eight types of dysentery.

Formulas Name : Four-Ingredient Coptis Pills

Chinese Name : 四治黄连丸

Drug Formulation

1 jin of Lian Zhu Huang Lian (divided into 4 portions: 1 portion stir-fried after soaking in wine; 1 portion stir-fried with natural ginger juice; 1 portion stir-fried after soaking in Wu Zhu Yu decoction; 1 portion stir-fried together with Yi Zhi Ren, then remove the Yi Zhi Ren and grind into a fine powder), 4 liang of Bai Shao Yao (simmered in wine, sliced, and roasted), 4 liang of Shi Jun Zi Ren (roasted), and 2 liang of Guang Mu Xiang.

Source

From *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 13, citing *Han’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder and form into pills the size of mung beans using steamed buns.

Benefits

For the five types of malnutrition and the eight types of dysentery.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills each time, washed down with rice water before meals, three times daily.

Note

Avoid pork and cold water.

Four-Ingredient Coptis Pills,From *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 13, citing *Han’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*.,For the five types of malnutrition and the eight types of dysentery.

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