Winter Melon Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.，Effective against 10 types of water retention, edema, and shortness of breath.
Winter Melon Pills
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Formulas Name : Winter Melon Pills
Chinese Name : 冬瓜丸
Drug Formulation
1 large winter melon (first cut a lid from the top end; remove and discard the inner pulp. Wash red adzuki beans in water, fill the winter melon to the brim with them, then replace the lid. Secure it with a bamboo skewer, tie it with hemp cloth, and coat the entire surface with paper pulp and yellow clay; let it dry thoroughly.Take two large baskets of glutinous rice bran, bury the winter melon inside, and smolder it over a fire within the bran; remove it once the fire has died out. Scrape off the mud and clean the winter melon thoroughly, then slice it thinly; roast the slices and the beans together until dry).
Source
From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with a paste made from boiled water and flour to form pills the size of a tung tree seed.
Benefits
Effective against 10 types of water retention, edema, and shortness of breath.
Instructions for Use
Take 50 pills per dose, washed down with a decoction of winter melon seeds, at any time of day. Increased urination serves as a sign of efficacy.
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Winter Melon Pills,Effective against 10 types of water retention, edema, and shortness of breath.