Ten-Treasure Da’an Powder

Ten-Treasure Da’an Powder,For men, women, the elderly, and children—regardless of age or duration of illness—this formula treats all types of deep-seated phlegm, accumulated qi masses, the ten types of water retention, and blood and qi disorders. It also addresses lower small intestine prolapse, kidney deficiency, dry and damp beriberi, the ten types of diaphragmatic obstruction and five types of dysphagia, gastric inversion with vomiting of food, heart qi and spleen pain, shortness of breath with phlegm and fluid retention, coughing with lung distension, hemoptysis and epistaxis,the five types of dysuria, leprosy, severe skin sores and ringworm, pain in the lower back and legs, the five types of diabetes, the twenty-four types of hemorrhoids and fistulas, intestinal wind with bloody stools, the thirty-six types of wind disorders, the seventy-two types of qi disorders, malignant red swellings, purpura and vitiligo, boils, abscesses, and carbuncles, paralysis on either side of the body, red and white diarrhea and dysentery,fever and chills, malaria, yin and yang toxins, mountain mists and miasmas, women’s red and white vaginal discharge, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia and menorrhagia, and children’s malnutrition and epilepsy.

Formulas Name : Ten-Treasure Da’an Powder

Chinese Name : 十宝大安散

Drug Formulation

Rhubarb (1 jin in spring and winter, half a jin in summer, 12 liang in autumn), Licorice (6 liang in spring and winter, 3 liang in summer, 4 liang in autumn), Pharbitis (12 liang raw in spring and winter, 8.5 liang raw in summer, 8 liang in autumn), Areca Nut (12 liang in spring and winter, 8 liang in summer, 6 liang in autumn).

Source

From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 169.

Processing

For every 1 jin of the above herbs, use half a liang of Wood Fragrance; in summer, add Southern Wood Fragrance; in autumn, add Tianhuafen, and grind into a fine powder.

Benefits

For men, women, the elderly, and children—regardless of age or duration of illness—this formula treats all types of deep-seated phlegm, accumulated qi masses, the ten types of water retention, and blood and qi disorders. It also addresses lower small intestine prolapse, kidney deficiency, dry and damp beriberi, the ten types of diaphragmatic obstruction and five types of dysphagia, gastric inversion with vomiting of food, heart qi and spleen pain, shortness of breath with phlegm and fluid retention, coughing with lung distension, hemoptysis and epistaxis,the five types of dysuria, leprosy, severe skin sores and ringworm, pain in the lower back and legs, the five types of diabetes, the twenty-four types of hemorrhoids and fistulas, intestinal wind with bloody stools, the thirty-six types of wind disorders, the seventy-two types of qi disorders, malignant red swellings, purpura and vitiligo, boils, abscesses, and carbuncles, paralysis on either side of the body, red and white diarrhea and dysentery,fever and chills, malaria, yin and yang toxins, mountain mists and miasmas, women’s red and white vaginal discharge, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia and menorrhagia, and children’s malnutrition and epilepsy.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 qian per dose, mixed with cold water at the first crow of the rooster at dawn. For those under fifteen years of age, divide the dose into two servings; adjust the dosage for children as appropriate. Add Astragalus (honey-fried seven times), dried tangerine peel (white pith removed), raw black pepper, processed Pongamo, and processed Sanling; this formula naturally combines purgative and tonifying effects.

Note

Do not take during pregnancy.

Ten-Treasure Da’an Powder,From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 169.,For men, women, the elderly, and children—regardless of age or duration of illness—this formula treats all types of deep-seated phlegm, accumulated qi masses, the ten types of water retention, and blood and qi disorders. It also addresses lower small intestine prolapse, kidney deficiency, dry and damp beriberi, the ten types of diaphragmatic obstruction and five types of dysphagia, gastric inversion with vomiting of food, heart qi and spleen pain, shortness of breath with phlegm and fluid retention, coughing with lung distension, hemoptysis and epistaxis,the five types of dysuria, leprosy, severe skin sores and ringworm, pain in the lower back and legs, the five types of diabetes, the twenty-four types of hemorrhoids and fistulas, intestinal wind with bloody stools, the thirty-six types of wind disorders, the seventy-two types of qi disorders, malignant red swellings, purpura and vitiligo, boils, abscesses, and carbuncles, paralysis on either side of the body, red and white diarrhea and dysentery,fever and chills, malaria, yin and yang toxins, mountain mists and miasmas, women’s red and white vaginal discharge, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia and menorrhagia, and children’s malnutrition and epilepsy.

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