Ice Musk Upper-Clearing Pills

Ice Musk Upper-Clearing Pills,Heat-toxin in the mouth and tongue; redness, swelling, and pain in the eyes; toothache caused by “fire teeth”; and restlessness and heat in the heart and stomach.

Formulas Name : Ice Musk Upper-Clearing Pills

Chinese Name : 冰麝上清丸

Drug Formulation

4 liang of catechu, 5 fen of genuine opium, 5 li of musk (grind these three ingredients into a fine powder), 5 qian of Sophora flavescens root, 2 qian of Platycodon grandiflorus, 2 qian of Terminalia chebula, 5 qian of Coptis chinensis, 3 qian of Mentha haplocalyx, 3 qian of Scrophularia ningpoensis, 3 qian of powdered licorice, and 5 qian of wind-dissolving powder.

Source

From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Sha Shi Formula).

Processing

Decoct the latter eight ingredients, strain out the residue, and boil down to a paste; mix with the powder of the first three ingredients to form pills the size of a water caltrop.

Benefits

Heat-toxin in the mouth and tongue; redness, swelling, and pain in the eyes; toothache caused by “fire teeth”; and restlessness and heat in the heart and stomach.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 or 2 pills at a time and let them dissolve in the mouth.

Note

Contraindicated for those with constitutional weakness rather than actual “fire” syndrome.

Ice Musk Upper-Clearing Pills,From *National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Sha Shi Formula).,Heat-toxin in the mouth and tongue; redness, swelling, and pain in the eyes; toothache caused by “fire teeth”; and restlessness and heat in the heart and stomach.

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