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Sanxiao Cuscuta Pills,For the “Three Consumption” syndrome.

Formulas Name : Sanxiao Cuscuta Pills

Chinese Name : 三消菟丝丸

Drug Formulation

Cuscuta seed (soaked in wine, washed, and dried) 10 liang, Poria cocos 3 liang, lotus seed kernel 3 liang, Schisandra berry 1 liang.

Source

From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Auspicious People*, Volume 2.

Processing

Roast until dry, grind all ingredients together into a powder; separately, add 6 liang of genuine Chinese yam powder boiled in wine, then pound with a pestle 1,000 times to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For the “Three Consumption” syndrome.

Instructions for Use

Take 50 pills per dose, washed down with rice water on an empty stomach.

Sanxiao Cuscuta Pills,From *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Auspicious People*, Volume 2.,For the “Three Consumption” syndrome.

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