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Four-Processed Phellodendron and Atractylodes Pills

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Four-Processed Phellodendron and Atractylodes Pills,Syndrome of atrophy due to damp-heat.

Formulas Name : Four-Processed Phellodendron and Atractylodes Pills

Chinese Name : 四制柏术丸

Drug Formulation

Phellodendron bark: 4 jin (peeled and cleaned; 1 jin fried with ghee 13 times, 1 jin soaked in breast milk 13 times, 1 jin soaked in children’s urine 13 times, 1 jin soaked in rice washing water 13 times); oil-free Atractylodes: 1 jin (peeled and cleaned; 4 liang Sichuan pepper, stir-fried; 4 liang Polygonum multiflorum, stir-fried; 4 liang Schisandra berries, stir-fried; 4 liang Ligusticum chuanxiong, stir-fried).

Source

From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1.

Processing

Exclude the four ingredients that were stir-fried together; use only Atractylodes and Phellodendron to make a powder, then mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

Syndrome of atrophy due to damp-heat.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills each time: in the morning with wine, at noon with tea, and in the evening with plain hot water.

Four-Processed Phellodendron and Atractylodes Pills,From *Wan’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1.,Syndrome of atrophy due to damp-heat.

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