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Lianchang Pill,For hemorrhoidal fistulas that have persisted for many years without healing.

Formulas Name : Lianchang Pill

Chinese Name : 连肠丸

Drug Formulation

8 liang of Coptis, 6 liang of Trifoliate Orange Peel, 4 liang of Licorice, 1 set of male pig large intestine.

Source

*Selected Essentials of Surgical Medicine*, Volume 5.

Processing

Grind the first three ingredients into a fine powder. Cut the pig intestine into several sections, mix thoroughly with the powder, and simmer over low heat for one day. Use the resulting broth to mix with 1 sheng of glutinous rice and 1 sheng of barley kernels; roast until cooked. Pound the mixture together with the cooked intestine into a paste, then form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For hemorrhoidal fistulas that have persisted for many years without healing.

Instructions for Use

Take 7 chicken eggs; gently pierce a small hole in the top of each one, insert 1 fen of alum, and boil them in rice until cooked. Eat one in the early morning, then take the above pills: 150 pills each at the hours of Mao, Wu, and Xu daily, washed down with plain hot water.

Note

Avoid liquor.

Lianchang Pill,*Selected Essentials of Surgical Medicine*, Volume 5.,For hemorrhoidal fistulas that have persisted for many years without healing.

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