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Rhinoceros Horn Wind-Dispelling Pills

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Rhinoceros Horn Wind-Dispelling Pills

Formulas Name : Rhinoceros Horn Wind-Dispelling Pills

Chinese Name : 犀角搜风丸

Drug Formulation

4 liang of ground Pharbitis seed, half a liang of dried ginger, 1 liang of plantain seed, 1 liang of white Poria (peeled), 1.5 liang of raw rhinoceros horn shavings, 3 liang of green tangerine peel (white pith removed), 2 liang of aged tangerine peel (white pith removed), 2 liang of triturated bitter orange (fried with wheat bran, pith removed), 1 liang of akebia stem, and half a liang of frankincense.

Source

From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 1.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with steamed buns soaked in hot water to form pills the size of a tung tree seed.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 to 50–70 pills per dose, washed down with warm ginger soup after a meal.

Rhinoceros Horn Wind-Dispelling Pills,From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 1.,

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