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Phlegm-Resolving Ointment

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Phlegm-Resolving Ointment,Phlegm and fluid retention.

Formulas Name : Phlegm-Resolving Ointment

Chinese Name : 吊痰膏

Drug Formulation

2 jin of soapberry.

Source

From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 165.

Processing

Add 5 bowls of water and decoct until reduced to 1 bowl; strain out the residue. Transfer the liquid to a clean bowl and boil it down further to 1 zhong. On top of Tang ash, pour the paste onto a sheet of paper. Take Pinellia tuber boiled in vinegar until it forms a paste, mix it thoroughly with the soapberry paste, and combine with 3 liang of powdered alum. Pound the mixture with pine, poplar, and persimmon to form pills the size of a marble.

Benefits

Phlegm and fluid retention.

Instructions for Use

Let it dissolve in the mouth.

Phlegm-Resolving Ointment,From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 165.,Phlegm and fluid retention.

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