Soapberry Decoction Pills，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 23.，Internal hemorrhoids, with lumps forming inside the anal canal, accompanied by alternating chills and fever.
Soapberry Decoction Pills
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Formulas Name : Soapberry Decoction Pills
Chinese Name : 皂角煎丸
Drug Formulation
3 blocks of soapberry (each one chi in length; remove strings and seeds; roast with vinegar), 1 liang of hedgehog skin (roasted until yellow), 1 liang of white alum (calcined),10 pig’s hind hoof claws (burned until only the essence remains), half a liang of peach kernels (soaked, with skin and tip removed), half a liang of Chuanxiong, half a liang of Northern Platycodon, half a liang of Gan Tingli (stir-fried until charred), 1 fen of coix seed, and 1 fen of Angelica dahurica.
Source
*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 23.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey, and form into pills the size of a paulownia seed.
Benefits
Internal hemorrhoids, with lumps forming inside the anal canal, accompanied by alternating chills and fever.
Instructions for Use
Take 50 pills per dose, washed down with a decoction of mulberry bark; additionally, steam and wash the affected area with a decoction of fanli grass root.
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Soapberry Decoction Pills,Internal hemorrhoids, with lumps forming inside the anal canal, accompanied by alternating chills and fever.