Pills for Dissolving Accumulated Food and Exhaustion，From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 113), citing *Shi Yuanduan’s Effective Prescriptions*.，For yellow-complexion disease caused by dietary excess, characterized by long-standing emaciation and weakness; a craving for raw foods, rice, wheat, salt, and impure substances; prolonged accumulation leading to a large number of parasites; the formation of hard lumps in the stool; a sallow complexion; and progressive weakness.
Pills for Dissolving Accumulated Food and Exhaustion
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Formulas Name : Pills for Dissolving Accumulated Food and Exhaustion
Chinese Name : 磨积食劳丸
Drug Formulation
Half a jin of cold-food flour, 2.5 qian of croton seed powder, 3.5 qian of realgar (ground separately), half a qian of white pharbitis, half a qian of southern green tangerine peel, and half a qian of aged tangerine peel.
Source
From *Collected Medical Formulas* (Vol. 113), citing *Shi Yuanduan’s Effective Prescriptions*.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with water to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed, sun-dry them, and roast them in wheat bran until cooked.
Benefits
For yellow-complexion disease caused by dietary excess, characterized by long-standing emaciation and weakness; a craving for raw foods, rice, wheat, salt, and impure substances; prolonged accumulation leading to a large number of parasites; the formation of hard lumps in the stool; a sallow complexion; and progressive weakness.
Instructions for Use
Take 1 pill per dose, swallowed with porridge, three times daily. Full recovery is achieved in 100 days, and the patient returns to normal within half a year.
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Pills for Dissolving Accumulated Food and Exhaustion,For yellow-complexion disease caused by dietary excess, characterized by long-standing emaciation and weakness; a craving for raw foods, rice, wheat, salt, and impure substances; prolonged accumulation leading to a large number of parasites; the formation of hard lumps in the stool; a sallow complexion; and progressive weakness.