Pu Xiao Pills

Pu Xiao Pills,For beriberi and edema.

Formulas Name : Pu Xiao Pills

Chinese Name : 朴消丸

Drug Formulation

Puxiao: 2 liang (blue-white in color, refined and finely ground); Mangxiao: 1 liang (blue-white in color, finely ground); Mayaxiao: half a liang (finely ground); Aconite (raw, with skin and pith removed): 1 liang;1 liang of pepper seeds (roasted; grind these two ingredients into a powder and sift together with the San Xiao Powder), 1 liang of Lepidium seeds (roasted on paper), 1 liang of Datura seeds (roasted), and 2 liang of apricot kernels (peeled, tips removed, both halves separated, roasted, and ground).

Source

From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 83.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 7 jujubes, boil them until tender, remove the flesh, and simmer in a pot until all the liquid has evaporated. Mash the flesh until smooth, mix it thoroughly with the medicine, add a small amount of cooked honey, and pound the mixture together with a pestle 1,000 times. Form into pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For beriberi and edema.

Instructions for Use

Take 10–20 pills per dose on an empty stomach, washed down with mulberry bark decoction.

Pu Xiao Pills,From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 83.,For beriberi and edema.

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