Lightening Powder

Lightening Powder,

Formulas Name : Lightening Powder

Chinese Name : 轻身散

Drug Formulation

Astragalus 1 jin (chopped, boiled in ginger juice for 30 boils, then dried in an oven).

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 198.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder, then add 1 qian each of licorice, Poria, ginseng, Chinese yam, and mica powder, and mix thoroughly.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 qian bi per dose, add a pinch of salt, and take with hot water; no specific time is required.

Lightening Powder,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 198.,

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