Three Generals Pills，From *The Later Collection of Formulas Continuing the Easy and Simple Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，For persistent beriberi with pain radiating upward and causing cramping, vomiting and wailing, beriberi affecting the heart, constipation, pain and numbness, and shortness of breath with a feeling of suffocation as if on the verge of death.
Three Generals Pills
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Formulas Name : Three Generals Pills
Chinese Name : 三将丸
Drug Formulation
Equal parts of Evodia fruit, Xuan wood apple, and Sichuan rhubarb.
Source
From *The Later Collection of Formulas Continuing the Easy and Simple Prescriptions*, Volume 1.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with a paste, and form into pills the size of mung beans.
Benefits
For persistent beriberi with pain radiating upward and causing cramping, vomiting and wailing, beriberi affecting the heart, constipation, pain and numbness, and shortness of breath with a feeling of suffocation as if on the verge of death.
Instructions for Use
Take 50 pills per dose, washed down with rice water; if no relief is felt, increase the dose by several pills.
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Three Generals Pills,For persistent beriberi with pain radiating upward and causing cramping, vomiting and wailing, beriberi affecting the heart, constipation, pain and numbness, and shortness of breath with a feeling of suffocation as if on the verge of death.