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True Response Powder,For chronic shortness of breath and wheezing that prevents sleep, where all other medicines have proven ineffective.

Formulas Name : True Response Powder

Chinese Name : 真应散

Drug Formulation

4 liang of white quartz (select crystal-clear stones; place them in a raw silk bag; take one male pig’s stomach, fill it with the medicine, sew it shut with thread, and boil until cooked. Remove the medicine; replace the pig’s stomach with another and repeat the process as before; after three boilings, remove the medicine, drain thoroughly, and grind into a fine powder).

Source

*San Yin*, Volume 13.

Benefits

For chronic shortness of breath and wheezing that prevents sleep, where all other medicines have proven ineffective.

Instructions for Use

Grind the above into a fine powder. Combine 2 qian of the official Tianshi Flower Powder with 2 qian of this herbal powder, along with 2 cun of white mulberry bark, 3 slices of fresh ginger, 1 jujube, and 1.5 zhan of water. Decoct until reduced to 7 fen, then drink the entire decoction; the pig’s stomach may also be eaten.

Note

Do not season with soy sauce, vinegar, salt, pepper, ginger, or similar ingredients.

True Response Powder,*San Yin*, Volume 13.,For chronic shortness of breath and wheezing that prevents sleep, where all other medicines have proven ineffective.

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