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Three-Shao Pills,For diabetes.

Formulas Name : Three-Shao Pills

Chinese Name : 三痟丸

Drug Formulation

Good-quality Coptis (remove the stalks, finely ground) in any amount.

Source

*Ben Shi*, Volume 6.

Processing

Chop winter melon flesh, crush it to release its natural juice, and mix the juice with the Coptis powder to form cakes; air-dry them. Grind the cakes into powder, then mix the powder with the juice again; repeat this process seven times. Finally, use the winter melon juice to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For diabetes.

Instructions for Use

Take 30–40 pills per dose, washed down with a decoction of barley kernels boiled in winter melon juice. For ordinary thirst, take only one dose.

Three-Shao Pills,*Ben Shi*, Volume 6.,For diabetes.

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