Shui Chen Powder

Shui Chen Powder,For summer heat combined with cold injury, cholera with muscle cramps, restlessness and thirst due to deficiency, cramping pain in the chest and abdomen, alternating vomiting and diarrhea, and cold extremities.

Formulas Name : Shui Chen Powder

Chinese Name : 水沉散

Drug Formulation

3 liang of Elsholtzia leaf, 1 liang of white Poria (peeled), 3 liang of Magnolia officinalis (coarse bark removed, dipped in ginger juice and roasted until purple), 1 liang of white cowpea, half a liang of cloves, and half a liang of licorice (roasted).

Source

From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 3.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder.

Benefits

For summer heat combined with cold injury, cholera with muscle cramps, restlessness and thirst due to deficiency, cramping pain in the chest and abdomen, alternating vomiting and diarrhea, and cold extremities.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 qian per dose; add 1 zhan of water and half a zhan of fine wine, then decoct until reduced to 1 zhan. Let it cool in the water before drinking; take at any time.

Shui Chen Powder,From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 3.,For summer heat combined with cold injury, cholera with muscle cramps, restlessness and thirst due to deficiency, cramping pain in the chest and abdomen, alternating vomiting and diarrhea, and cold extremities.

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