Preservation and Rescue Pill，From *Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.，Elderly people often suffer from coughs after autumn, as well as all types of chronic coughs and coughs due to overwork with phlegm congestion.
Preservation and Rescue Pill
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Formulas Name : Preservation and Rescue Pill
Chinese Name : 保救丹
Drug Formulation
1 gecko (if the patient is a man, use the section from the front of the male gecko’s waist; if the patient is a woman, use the section from the back of the female gecko’s waist), 2 unworm-eaten soap pods (coated with butter and roasted; remove the black skin and seeds), 1 fen of dried rehmannia (steamed until sticky like malt syrup), 1 fen of schisandra berries,1 fen of apricot kernels (remove the skin and tip; soak in a child’s urine for one fu, then stir-fry with honey until golden yellow), 1 fen of Pinellia (boiled in whey three times and seven times), a pinch of cloves.
Source
From *Nourishing the Elderly and Honoring Parents*.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey, and form into pills the size of a tung tree seed.
Benefits
Elderly people often suffer from coughs after autumn, as well as all types of chronic coughs and coughs due to overwork with phlegm congestion.
Instructions for Use
Take 5 pills daily, washed down with ginger soup before meals.
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Preservation and Rescue Pill,Elderly people often suffer from coughs after autumn, as well as all types of chronic coughs and coughs due to overwork with phlegm congestion.