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Master Lü’s Ruyi Pills

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Master Lü’s Ruyi Pills,For epidemic pathogens, common colds, wind-phlegm, typhoid fever, and indigestion.

Formulas Name : Master Lü’s Ruyi Pills

Chinese Name : 吕祖师如意丸

Drug Formulation

12 jin of Ren Zhong Bai (first soak in 1 jin of licorice juice for 7 days; then calcine over a fire until the substance turns red; remove when the fire dies out on its own; crush and grind into a fine powder; rinse with water for 49 days, changing the water once daily), 6 jin of Shen Qu,12 liang of amber, 12 liang of Sichuan magnolia bark (stir-fried with ginger juice), 14 liang of soft Bupleurum, 12 liang of Indian curcuma, 15 liang of white angelica, 12 liang of four-processed cyperus, 14 liang of stir-fried Atractylodes,homegrown Perilla 12 liang, Gentiana 1 jin, soaked and processed Pinellia 12 liang, stir-fried small green peel 12 liang, Guang sandalwood 12 liang, Peppermint 12 liang, Guang frankincense 12 liang, Akebia 1 jin, Guang tangerine peel 12 liang, Fangfeng 12 liang, Sichuan Ligusticum 12 liang,Poria (Bai Fuling) 12 liang, Cleaned Plantain Seed (Cheqian) 12 liang, Sichuan Notopterygium (Qianghuo) 10 liang, Trifoliate Orange Peel (Zhi Ke) 12 liang, Guanghuoxiang 10 liang, Areca Nut (Binlang) 12 liang, Wuyao (soaked in wine) 10 liang, Hawthorn Fruit (Shan Zha) 14 liang, Wine-fried Scutellaria (Huang Qin) 10 liang,Golden Rosehip (with pith and hairs removed) 12 liang, Cardamom pulp 10 liang, Roasted barley malt 12 liang, Western Fragrant Mushroom 10 liang, Superior Agarwood 8 liang, Ground talc 10 liang, Sichuan Fritillary Bulb (with core removed) 5 liang, Roasted Pollen 9 liang, Safflower 5 liang, White Aconite Root 9 liang, Mongolian Flower 3 liang, Sichuan Curcuma 8 liang, Raw Licorice 8 liang, Hydrated Alum 9 liang.

Source

From *Experienced Effective Formulas*.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into an extremely fine powder. Mix with water to form pills the size of a longan. First, coat the pills with 1 jin of realgar, thoroughly washed with water; then coat them with 30 liang of cinnabar, also thoroughly washed with water. Sun-dry for 7 days, then store.

Benefits

For epidemic pathogens, common colds, wind-phlegm, typhoid fever, and indigestion.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill per dose; the elderly, children, and the frail should take half a pill, dissolved in hot water.

Master Lü’s Ruyi Pills,From *Experienced Effective Formulas*.,For epidemic pathogens, common colds, wind-phlegm, typhoid fever, and indigestion.

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