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White Snow Cake,Abdominal distension.

Formulas Name : White Snow Cake

Chinese Name : 白雪糕

Drug Formulation

2 liang of dried Chinese yam, 2 liang of ginseng, 2 liang of poria, 2 liang of lotus seed, 2 liang of euryale seed, 1 liang of roasted shenqu, 1 liang of roasted barley malt, half a jin of regular rice, half a jin of glutinous rice, and 1 jin of white granulated sugar.

Source

From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 2.

Benefits

Abdominal distension.

Instructions for Use

Grind the ingredients into a powder and steam into a cake. Consume in place of a meal.

White Snow Cake,From *Lu Fu Jin Fang*, Volume 2.,Abdominal distension.

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