Mugwort Ash Cake

Mugwort Ash Cake,For children with uncontrollable vomiting and diarrhea day and night.

Formulas Name : Mugwort Ash Cake

Chinese Name : 艾灰饼子

Drug Formulation

Mugwort leaves (burned to ash while retaining their essence) 2 qian, white dragon bone 2 qian, starch 2 qian, 1 cardamom pod (wrapped in flour and roasted until tender), and half a qian of orpiment (calcined and sifted).

Source

From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 18.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, add a few drops of water to form pills, and make 40 pills from each liang; then shape them into cakes.

Benefits

For children with uncontrollable vomiting and diarrhea day and night.

Instructions for Use

Administer one cake per dose. First, take an oil lamp bowl, wash it with water, and boil it in water to make a decoction; dissolve the medicine in this decoction and administer it before feeding or breastfeeding.

Mugwort Ash Cake,From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 18.,For children with uncontrollable vomiting and diarrhea day and night.

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