Six-Ingredient Fish Stew

Six-Ingredient Fish Stew,Cold dysentery with white, snot-like stools; severe pain in the navel and abdomen.

Formulas Name : Six-Ingredient Fish Stew

Chinese Name : 六味脍

Drug Formulation

Crucian carp (scaled and sliced into thin strips) 10 liang; dried ginger (roasted) 1 fen; long pepper 1 fen; aged tangerine peel (soaked in hot water, white pith removed, and roasted) 1 fen; black pepper (roasted) 1 fen; dill 1 fen.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 189.

Benefits

Cold dysentery with white, snot-like stools; severe pain in the navel and abdomen.

Instructions for Use

Grind the above 6 ingredients (excluding the fish) into a fine powder. First, heat 8 he of fermented soybean juice until hot, add the fish slices, then stir in 5 qian bi of the medicinal powder, mix well, and cook until done. Take the entire dose on an empty stomach while still hot.

Six-Ingredient Fish Stew,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 189.,Cold dysentery with white, snot-like stools; severe pain in the navel and abdomen.

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