Plum Blossom Pills

Plum Blossom Pills,For physical debility, with an excess of Wood over Earth, resulting in epigastric and abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea; chronic pain in the liver and stomach; physical debility with excessive stagnation, blood heat, and qi deficiency, leading to an excess of Wood over Earth, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain, and a predisposition to infectious diseases and cholera; physical debility with Liver Wood invading the Stomach, causing fullness in the abdomen and chest, or vomiting and nausea in the upper part, or diarrhea in the lower part.

Formulas Name : Plum Blossom Pills

Chinese Name : 梅花丸

Drug Formulation

3 liang of green-calyx plum blossoms, 7 liang of talc, 4 liang of moutan bark, 2 liang of processed cyperus, 5 qian of sweet solomonseal, 5 qian of Atractylodes lancea, 3 qian and 5 fen of poria, 3 qian of ginseng, 3 qian of tender astragalus, 3 qian of amomum, 3 qian of amomum villosum, 2 qian and 5 fen of polygala root, 1 qian and 5 fen of Chinese yam, 1 qian and 5 fen of wood fragrant,Platycodon root 1 qian, Licorice root 7 fen.

Source

Formula by Shen Yuezhi, cited in Volume 18 of *Continuation of Case Studies by Renowned Physicians*.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; mix with 12 liang of refined white honey to form pills the size of a longan, and seal them with white wax.

Benefits

For physical debility, with an excess of Wood over Earth, resulting in epigastric and abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea; chronic pain in the liver and stomach; physical debility with excessive stagnation, blood heat, and qi deficiency, leading to an excess of Wood over Earth, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain, and a predisposition to infectious diseases and cholera; physical debility with Liver Wood invading the Stomach, causing fullness in the abdomen and chest, or vomiting and nausea in the upper part, or diarrhea in the lower part.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill per dose, dissolved in hot water.

Note

Use with caution during pregnancy.

Plum Blossom Pills,Formula by Shen Yuezhi, cited in Volume 18 of *Continuation of Case Studies by Renowned Physicians*.,For physical debility, with an excess of Wood over Earth, resulting in epigastric and abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea; chronic pain in the liver and stomach; physical debility with excessive stagnation, blood heat, and qi deficiency, leading to an excess of Wood over Earth, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain, and a predisposition to infectious diseases and cholera; physical debility with Liver Wood invading the Stomach, causing fullness in the abdomen and chest, or vomiting and nausea in the upper part, or diarrhea in the lower part.

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