Tong Sheng Pills

Tong Sheng Pills,For deficiency-cold in the middle jiao, with persistent diarrhea and dysentery, and pain in the abdomen and around the navel.

Formulas Name : Tong Sheng Pills

Chinese Name : 通圣丸

Drug Formulation

Dried ginger (roasted): 2 qian; white alum (calcined until all liquid is gone): 2 qian; sulfur (finely ground): 2 qian; cinnamon bark (coarse outer bark removed): 1 fen; cardamom seed: 1 fen; aconite root (roasted until cracked, outer skin and pith removed): 1 fen; evodia fruit (washed in boiling water, dried in an oven, and stir-fried): 1 fen; cardamom: 1 fen; chela bark: 1 fen.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 54.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, then form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed using a wheat flour paste.

Benefits

For deficiency-cold in the middle jiao, with persistent diarrhea and dysentery, and pain in the abdomen and around the navel.

Instructions for Use

Take 15 pills per dose, washed down with a decoction of vinegar and mugwort before meals.

Tong Sheng Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 54.,For deficiency-cold in the middle jiao, with persistent diarrhea and dysentery, and pain in the abdomen and around the navel.

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