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Modified Six-Ingredient Pills,Treats thirst and internal heat.

Formulas Name : Modified Six-Ingredient Pills

Chinese Name : 加减六物丸

Drug Formulation

Trichosanthes root 8 fen, Ophiopogon tuber 6 fen (core removed), Anemarrhena rhizome 5 fen, Ginseng 4 fen, Sophora root 4 fen, Trichosanthes root 4 fen.

Source

Quoted from *Formulas for Emergency Use* in *Wai Tai* (Vol. 11, Annotations).

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder and form into pills the size of a small bean using ox bile as the binder.

Benefits

Treats thirst and internal heat.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills each time, washed down with barley porridge broth, three times daily; if no improvement is seen, gradually increase the dose to 30 pills.

Modified Six-Ingredient Pills,Quoted from *Formulas for Emergency Use* in *Wai Tai* (Vol. 11, Annotations).,Treats thirst and internal heat.

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