Green Alum Pills,From *Collected Proven Formulas*, cited in *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 6.,For jaundice with swelling.
Green Alum Pills
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Formulas Name : Green Alum Pills
Chinese Name : 绿矾丸
Drug Formulation
Half a jin of gallnut (roasted until black), 4 liang of green alum (roasted with ginger juice until white), 4 liang of cinnabar (roasted with vinegar until red), and half a jin of Shenqu (roasted until slightly yellow).
Source
From *Collected Proven Formulas*, cited in *The Correct Transmission of Medicine*, Volume 6.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Boil jujube pulp in ginger juice and shape into pills the size of a paulownia seed.
Benefits
For jaundice with swelling.
Instructions for Use
Take 60–70 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine; if unable to drink alcohol, rice soup may be used instead.
Note
Avoid buckwheat noodles for life.
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Green Alum Pills,For jaundice with swelling.