Ginseng and Astragalus Powder，From *The Treasure of Health* (cited in *The Standard Rules: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 3).，For consumptive disease with external heat, emaciation, fatigue in the limbs, heat in the palms, soles, and chest, dry throat and red cheeks, palpitations, tidal fevers, night sweats, loss of appetite, and coughing up pus and blood.
Ginseng and Astragalus Powder
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Formulas Name : Ginseng and Astragalus Powder
Chinese Name : 人参黄耆散
Drug Formulation
Ginseng 1 liang, Platycodon root 1 liang, Gentiana root 2 liang, Softshell turtle shell (with skirt removed, fried in butter) 2 liang, Poria 2 liang, Anemarrhena rhizome 2 qian and a half, Pinellia tuber (washed in boiling water) 1 liang and a half, White mulberry bark 1 liang and a half, Aster root 2 liang and a half, Bupleurum root 2 liang and a half, Astragalus root 3 liang and a half.
Source
From *The Treasure of Health* (cited in *The Standard Rules: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 3).
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder.
Benefits
For consumptive disease with external heat, emaciation, fatigue in the limbs, heat in the palms, soles, and chest, dry throat and red cheeks, palpitations, tidal fevers, night sweats, loss of appetite, and coughing up pus and blood.
Instructions for Use
Take 5 qian per dose; decoct in water and drink.
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Ginseng and Astragalus Powder,For consumptive disease with external heat, emaciation, fatigue in the limbs, heat in the palms, soles, and chest, dry throat and red cheeks, palpitations, tidal fevers, night sweats, loss of appetite, and coughing up pus and blood.