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Four-Ingredient Stone Milk Powder

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Four-Ingredient Stone Milk Powder,For cold-induced cough, shortness of breath, chest fullness, and sputum with a foul odor containing pus and blood.

Formulas Name : Four-Ingredient Stone Milk Powder

Chinese Name : 四味石钟乳散

Drug Formulation

1 fen of Zhongru (crushed and ground), 1 fen of White Arsenic Oxide (refined), 1 fen of Tussilago Flower, 1 fen of Cinnamon Bark.

Source

From *Wai Tai*, Volume 9, citing *Gujin Luyan*.

Benefits

For cold-induced cough, shortness of breath, chest fullness, and sputum with a foul odor containing pus and blood.

Instructions for Use

Grind the above herbs into a fine powder. Using a tube, draw up a portion the size of a soybean (1 bi) and take it before meals, three times daily. If no improvement is seen, gradually increase the dose.

Note

Avoid raw green onions.

Four-Ingredient Stone Milk Powder,From *Wai Tai*, Volume 9, citing *Gujin Luyan*.,For cold-induced cough, shortness of breath, chest fullness, and sputum with a foul odor containing pus and blood.

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