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Source-Tracing Pill,For women with red and white vaginal discharge. Symptoms include heat above and cold below, foul breath, dry throat, toothache, tinnitus, wandering pain throughout the body, fever with aversion to cold, regurgitation of sour fluid, abdominal pain, or foul-smelling discharge of various colors.

Formulas Name : Source-Tracing Pill

Chinese Name : 溯源丹

Drug Formulation

2 liang of Angelica sinensis (washed with wine), 2 liang of Rehmannia glutinosa (steamed with wine), 2 liang of Artemisia argyi (stir-fried with vinegar), 3 liang of Cyperus rotundus (soaked in vinegar, then stir-fried), 1 liang 2 qian of Ligusticum chuanxiong (processed with rice water), 1 liang 2 qian of Panax ginseng, 6 qian of Paeonia lactiflora (stir-fried with wine),Ejiao (stir-fried with clam powder) 6 qian, Atractylodes macrocephala (stem removed) 6 qian, Eulalia root 6 qian, Toona sinensis root bark (wine-stir-fried) 1 liang, Phellodendron bark (wine-stir-fried) 1 liang, Sanguisorba officinalis 7 qian, Poria cocos (peeled) 8 qian, White calcite 7 qian.

Source

*Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 7.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with rice vinegar paste to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For women with red and white vaginal discharge. Symptoms include heat above and cold below, foul breath, dry throat, toothache, tinnitus, wandering pain throughout the body, fever with aversion to cold, regurgitation of sour fluid, abdominal pain, or foul-smelling discharge of various colors.

Instructions for Use

Take 50–60 pills per dose, washed down with rice water on an empty stomach.

Source-Tracing Pill,*Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 7.,For women with red and white vaginal discharge. Symptoms include heat above and cold below, foul breath, dry throat, toothache, tinnitus, wandering pain throughout the body, fever with aversion to cold, regurgitation of sour fluid, abdominal pain, or foul-smelling discharge of various colors.

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