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Pills for Eliminating Phlegm

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Pills for Eliminating Phlegm,For all cases of long-standing phlegm masses, stagnant fluid, and alcohol intoxication.

Formulas Name : Pills for Eliminating Phlegm

Chinese Name : 除饮丸

Drug Formulation

Arisaema (4 liang), Pinellia (finely chopped together with Arisaema; soak in natural ginger juice overnight; stir-fry over low heat with the ginger juice until dry) (4 liang), Green Tangerine Peel (soaked in hot water, white pith removed) (4 liang), Dried Tangerine Peel (soaked in hot water, white pith removed) (4 liang), Perilla Seeds (4 liang), Red Poria (4 liang), Fructus Aurantii (soaked in hot water, pith removed, stir-fried with wheat bran) (4 liang),Platycodon root (roasted) 4 liang, Areca nut 2 liang, Dried ginger (roasted) 2 liang, Galangal (finely chopped, pounded with 14 seeds of Croton tiglium until crushed, stir-fried together until dark yellow, wrapped in paper, placed on the ground to cool, then Croton tiglium seeds removed) 2 liang, Amomum villosum 2 liang, White mung beans 2 liang, Areca nut peel (honey-roasted) 2 liang.

Source

From *The Universal Formulas for Relief* (Vol. 166), citing *The Family Treasure Formulas for Health Preservation*.

Benefits

For all cases of long-standing phlegm masses, stagnant fluid, and alcohol intoxication.

Instructions for Use

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Use half a jin of Shenqu and half a jin of wheat bran; cook them with the natural juice of fresh ginger into a paste to form pills. Do not allow water to come into contact with the mixture. The pills should be the size of a paulownia seed. Take 50–70 pills at a time, washed down with ginger soup, at any time of day.

Pills for Eliminating Phlegm,From *The Universal Formulas for Relief* (Vol. 166), citing *The Family Treasure Formulas for Health Preservation*.,For all cases of long-standing phlegm masses, stagnant fluid, and alcohol intoxication.

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