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Lotus Seed and Coptis Pills,For children with intermittent fever, heat in the palms and soles, night sweats, bone-consuming fever, wheezing and cough, and consumptive disease resulting from malnutrition.

Formulas Name : Lotus Seed and Coptis Pills

Chinese Name : 莲子黄连丸

Drug Formulation

5 qian of Coptis (soaked in pig bile overnight, then sun-dried), 3 qian of Coptis chinensis, 2 qian of Trichosanthes root, 2 qian of black plum (pitted), 2 qian of apricot kernel (soaked to remove skin, then roasted), and 2 qian of lotus seed.

Source

*Compendium of Medical Essentials*, Volume 9.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Use a paste made from pig bile to form pills the size of a sesame seed.

Benefits

For children with intermittent fever, heat in the palms and soles, night sweats, bone-consuming fever, wheezing and cough, and consumptive disease resulting from malnutrition.

Instructions for Use

Take 15 pills per dose, washed down with a decoction of black plum, ginger, and honey.

Lotus Seed and Coptis Pills,*Compendium of Medical Essentials*, Volume 9.,For children with intermittent fever, heat in the palms and soles, night sweats, bone-consuming fever, wheezing and cough, and consumptive disease resulting from malnutrition.

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