Four-Ingredient Pill

Four-Ingredient Pill,Cough due to yin deficiency.

Formulas Name : Four-Ingredient Pill

Chinese Name : 四制丸

Drug Formulation

Pinellia tuber 4 jin (soak, remove the core, and divide into 4 portions.1 portion: 4 liang of fresh ginger, 4 liang of Coptis, and 2 bowls of water; boil until dry; 1 portion: 4 liang of Anemarrhena, 4 liang of Fritillaria, and 2 bowls of water; boil until dry; 1 portion: 4 liang of Ginseng, 4 liang of Apricot Kernels, and 2 bowls of water; boil until dry; 1 portion: 4 liang of Platycodon, 4 liang of Mulberry Bark, and 2 bowls of water; boil until dry).

Source

*Yu’an*, Volume 3.

Processing

Use only processed Pinellia, sliced, sun-dried, and ground into a fine powder; form into pills using the water method.

Benefits

Cough due to yin deficiency.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 qian per dose, taken on an empty stomach with ginger soup.

Four-Ingredient Pill,*Yu’an*, Volume 3.,Cough due to yin deficiency.

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