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Pork Spine Soup,For the three types of thirst-inducing diseases.

Formulas Name : Pork Spine Soup

Chinese Name : 猪脊汤

Drug Formulation

49 jujubes (peeled and pitted), 49 fresh lotus seeds (with cores removed), 1.5 qian of western frankincense, and 2 liang of licorice (roasted).

Source

*San Yin*, Volume 10.

Benefits

For the three types of thirst-inducing diseases.

Instructions for Use

Decoct the above ingredients together with the spine bone of a male pig (1 chi 2 cun in length) in 5 bowls of water in a silver or stone vessel. Remove the meat and bones, strain out the residue, and take 1 bowl of the liquid. Drink it in small sips as desired on an empty stomach. Take half the amount of licorice from the residue, dry it in an oven, grind it into a powder, and take it mixed with rice soup at any time.

Note

Avoid raw and cold foods, salt, and organ meats.

Pork Spine Soup,*San Yin*, Volume 10.,For the three types of thirst-inducing diseases.

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