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Wenjin Powder,For cough due to overwork.

Formulas Name : Wenjin Powder

Chinese Name : 温金散

Drug Formulation

1 liang of licorice, 1 liang of scutellaria, 1 liang of white mulberry bark, 1 liang of saposhnikovia, 27 pieces of apricot kernels (processed), half a liang of ginseng (root tip removed), half a liang of poria, and 1 fen of ophiopogon.

Source

From *Effective Prescriptions for Women*, Volume 5.

Processing

Soak the first five ingredients in rice washing water overnight, then sun-dry them; next, add the three ingredients—Ginseng, Poria Sclera, and Ophiopogon—and grind them all together into a fine powder.

Benefits

For cough due to overwork.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 qian per dose; add 1 zhan of water and a piece of wax the size of a bean; decoct until reduced to 8 fen; take after a meal.

Wenjin Powder,From *Effective Prescriptions for Women*, Volume 5.,For cough due to overwork.

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