Pill for Dispersing and Transforming with Zhi Ke

Pill for Dispersing and Transforming with Zhi Ke,For boils and abscesses on the back, all types of heat-toxin conditions, swollen and painful masses, and stagnation in the viscera.

Formulas Name : Pill for Dispersing and Transforming with Zhi Ke

Chinese Name : 疏转枳壳丸

Drug Formulation

Zhike (pulp removed, stir-fried with wheat bran) half liang; Green Tangerine Peel (white pith removed, baked) half liang; Pharbitis Seed (half raw, half stir-fried) 3 fen; Wood Fragrance 1 fen; Licorice (roasted) 1 liang; Rhubarb (chopped, stir-fried) 1 liang;Soapberry (free of wormholes) 3 sticks (crushed, soaked in 1 sheng of wine, filtered through silk, and the juice squeezed out while discarding the residue).

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 130.

Processing

Grind all ingredients except the soap pods into a fine powder. First, simmer the soap pod juice over heat until it becomes a thick paste, then immediately add the powdered medicine and mix thoroughly to form pills the size of a tung tree seed.

Benefits

For boils and abscesses on the back, all types of heat-toxin conditions, swollen and painful masses, and stagnation in the viscera.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills per dose on an empty stomach, washed down with scallion tea. Continue until a bowel movement occurs; if none occurs, take another dose.

Pill for Dispersing and Transforming with Zhi Ke,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 130.,For boils and abscesses on the back, all types of heat-toxin conditions, swollen and painful masses, and stagnation in the viscera.

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