Pain-Relieving Frankincense Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.，For cold-damp beriberi. Characterized by a dull ache in the soles of the feet, difficulty walking, and pain in the tendons and bones.
Pain-Relieving Frankincense Pills
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Formulas Name : Pain-Relieving Frankincense Pills
Chinese Name : 蠲痛乳香丸
Drug Formulation
Frankincense (ground separately) 1 liang, Cinnamon Bark (coarse outer bark removed) 1 liang, Fennel (roasted) 1 liang,Chuanlianzi pulp 1 liang, Green tangerine peel (white pith removed) 1 liang, Aged tangerine peel (white pith removed) 1 liang, Black pharbitis (roasted) 1 liang, Aconite root (peel and tip removed, chopped, salt-roasted until yellow, then salt discarded) half liang, Areca nut half liang, Frankincense half liang.
Source
From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Use ash-free wine to cook a wheat flour paste, then form it into pills the size of a tung tree seed.
Benefits
For cold-damp beriberi. Characterized by a dull ache in the soles of the feet, difficulty walking, and pain in the tendons and bones.
Instructions for Use
Take 40 pills before meals, washed down with warm wine or salted water.
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Pain-Relieving Frankincense Pills,For cold-damp beriberi. Characterized by a dull ache in the soles of the feet, difficulty walking, and pain in the tendons and bones.