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Seaweed and Forsythia Decoction

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Seaweed and Forsythia Decoction,All types of nodules, including scrofula, sabre-shaped nodules, goiters, and phlegm nodules.

Formulas Name : Seaweed and Forsythia Decoction

Chinese Name : 海藻连翘汤

Drug Formulation

Poria cocos (white), Tangerine Peel (white pith removed), Forsythia, Pinellia (processed with ginger), Scutellaria (stir-fried with wine), Coptis (stir-fried with wine), Pinellia (processed with ginger), Arctium (stir-fried), Bupleurum, Curcuma (stir-fried with wine),Curcuma zedoaria (stir-fried with wine), dried silkworm (toasted to remove silk), kelp, seaweed, Notopterygium, Saposhnikovia, Platycodon, Prunella, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Cimicifuga.

Source

*Zhun Sheng: Yao Yi* (Treatise on Surgical Medicine), Volume 5.

Benefits

All types of nodules, including scrofula, sabre-shaped nodules, goiters, and phlegm nodules.

Instructions for Use

Add fresh ginger and mint to the above ingredients, decoct, and take after meals.

Seaweed and Forsythia Decoction,*Zhun Sheng: Yao Yi* (Treatise on Surgical Medicine), Volume 5.,All types of nodules, including scrofula, sabre-shaped nodules, goiters, and phlegm nodules.

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