Large Poria Pill,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 198.,
Large Poria Pill
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Formulas Name : Large Poria Pill
Chinese Name : 大茯苓丸
Drug Formulation
5 jin of white Poria (chopped into small pieces, steamed in a steamer for one cooking cycle, sun-dried, and ground into powder), 3 jin of white sand honey, and 7 jin of cypress resin (in a quiet place, make a clay stove; place a large cauldron on top, add a steamer; chop white茅 into neat pieces, first line the steamer with them, then place the cypress resin on top; steam it in the cauldron with lime water until it melts;transfer it to the cauldron, remove the steamer, and scoop the resin from the cauldron into cold water; fan it with a fan, and have two people draw it back and forth 30 times; steam it again, repeating the process three times as before, changing the lime water in the cauldron after each steaming;Place the cypress resin back into the steamer and cauldron, add vinegar solution to cover it, and steam it three more times using the method described above, replacing the vinegar solution after each round; after completing the three rounds, pour high-quality wine into the cauldron to cover the resin, and steam it three more times as described above to complete the refining process.
Source
*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 198.
Processing
Refine the above ingredients with white sand honey into pills the size of a paulownia seed.
Instructions for Use
Take 10 pills per dose, washed down with wine; in winter, take them with warm wine. Those who are hungry should take them frequently, but stop once they are no longer hungry; if one cannot drink wine, simply take them with warm water.
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Large Poria Pill