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Ren Zhong Huang Pills,For epidemic diseases in spring, summer, autumn, and winter, as well as various febrile toxins associated with warm epidemics.

Formulas Name : Ren Zhong Huang Pills

Chinese Name : 人中黄丸

Drug Formulation

Rhubarb, Coptis, Scutellaria, Ginseng, Platycodon, Atractylodes, Saposhnikovia, Talc, Cyperus, and Ren Zhong Huang—all in equal parts.

Source

From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 4.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with Shenqu paste to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For epidemic diseases in spring, summer, autumn, and winter, as well as various febrile toxins associated with warm epidemics.

Instructions for Use

Take 70 pills per dose; for qi deficiency, take with Si Junzi Decoction; for blood deficiency, take with Siwu Decoction; for excessive phlegm, take with Erchen Decoction; for heat conditions, add a child’s urine. If Ren Zhong Huang is unavailable, substitute with the rim of a manure vat; alternatively, coating the pills with cinnabar or realgar is also effective.

Ren Zhong Huang Pills,From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 4.,For epidemic diseases in spring, summer, autumn, and winter, as well as various febrile toxins associated with warm epidemics.

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