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Wood-Felling Pills,Yellow swelling, edema with abdominal distension, loose stools.

Formulas Name : Wood-Felling Pills

Chinese Name : 伐木丸

Drug Formulation

2 jin of Atractylodes lancea (soaked in rice washing water for two nights, then stir-fried with 4 liang of rice wine and malt until reddish-brown), 1 jin of soapstone alum (mixed with vinegar, sun-dried, placed in a jar, and calcined over a fire).

Source

From *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 11, citing *Formulas from the Biography of the Immortal Zhang Sanfeng*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with vinegar paste to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

Yellow swelling, edema with abdominal distension, loose stools.

Instructions for Use

Take 30–40 pills per dose, washed down with wine or rice water as preferred, 2–3 times daily.

Wood-Felling Pills,From *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 11, citing *Formulas from the Biography of the Immortal Zhang Sanfeng*.,Yellow swelling, edema with abdominal distension, loose stools.

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