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Sancai Pills

Formulas Name : Sancai Pills

Chinese Name : 三才丸

Drug Formulation

1 jin of Tianmendong (core removed, washed in honey water), 1 jin of Sheng Dihuang (steamed and sun-dried nine times each, pounded into a paste), and 1 jin of Red and White Poria (soaked in human milk—1 day and night in summer, 2 days in spring and fall, 3 days in winter).

Source

From *The Complete Record of Medicine*, Volume 333, citing *Comprehensive Examination of the Body’s Meridians*.

Processing

Mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Instructions for Use

Adjust the dosage as needed.

Sancai Pills,From *The Complete Record of Medicine*, Volume 333, citing *Comprehensive Examination of the Body’s Meridians*.,

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