Moonlight Pills

Moonlight Pills,For yin-deficiency cough.

Formulas Name : Moonlight Pills

Chinese Name : 月华丸

Drug Formulation

Asparagus Root (steamed, core removed) 1 liang, Ophiopogon Tuber (steamed, core removed) 1 liang, Raw Rehmannia Root (washed with wine) 1 liang, Prepared Rehmannia Root (steamed 9 times and sun-dried) 1 liang,Chinese Yam (steamed with milk) 1 liang, Stemona (steamed) 1 liang, Sandy Ginseng (steamed) 1 liang, Sichuan Fritillary Bulb (core removed, steamed) 1 liang, Genuine Donkey-Hide Gelatin 1 liang, Poria (steamed with milk) 5 qian, Otter Liver 5 qian, Guangdong Notoginseng 5 qian.

Source

*Insights into Medicine*, Volume 3.

Processing

Boil 2 liang of white chrysanthemum flowers (stems removed) and 2 liang of mulberry leaves (frost-kissed) into a decoction. Dissolve the donkey-hide gelatin into the decoction, mix in the other herbs, and refine with honey to form pills.

Benefits

For yin-deficiency cough.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill at a time, letting it dissolve in the mouth, 3 times a day.

Moonlight Pills,*Insights into Medicine*, Volume 3.,For yin-deficiency cough.

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