Raw Rhinoceros Horn and Pinellia Pills

Raw Rhinoceros Horn and Pinellia Pills,For disharmony between cold and heat in the heart and lungs, accompanied by excessive phlegm, shortness of breath, and coughing.

Formulas Name : Raw Rhinoceros Horn and Pinellia Pills

Chinese Name : 生犀半夏丸

Drug Formulation

Raw rhinoceros horn shavings: half liang (pounded into a fine powder in a medicinal mortar); Pinellia: 4 liang (pounded with 4 liang of peeled and finely sliced fresh ginger until pulpy, then fermented with malt); Poria cocos (peeled): 1 liang; Cinnamon bark: 7 qian and a half.

Source

From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; use the natural juice of fresh ginger to cook a wheat-starch paste, then shape into pills the size of mung beans.

Benefits

For disharmony between cold and heat in the heart and lungs, accompanied by excessive phlegm, shortness of breath, and coughing.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills per dose, washed down with a decoction of ginger and ginseng after a meal.

Raw Rhinoceros Horn and Pinellia Pills,From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.,For disharmony between cold and heat in the heart and lungs, accompanied by excessive phlegm, shortness of breath, and coughing.

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