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Wu-Shu Pills,For rumbling in the abdomen, cramping pain below the navel, and consumptive debility.

Formulas Name : Wu-Shu Pills

Chinese Name : 乌术丸

Drug Formulation

Atractylodes (soaked in east-flowing water for 10 days, black skin removed, sliced, and roasted) half a jin; Aconite (soaked in rice washing water for 5 days, changing the water daily, roasted until cracked, skin and pith removed) 3 liang;Sichuan pepper (select those with split pods; heat a brick until red-hot, splash vinegar on the brick, place the peppers on it, cover to induce sweating, then select the red ones for use) 3 liang, green tangerine peel (soaked in hot water, white pith removed, and roasted) 3 liang, rock salt 1 liang (ground).

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 96.

Processing

Pound and sift the four ingredients listed above into a fine powder, mix thoroughly with the salt, and form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed using refined honey.

Benefits

For rumbling in the abdomen, cramping pain below the navel, and consumptive debility.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills per dose on an empty stomach before meals, washed down with salted wine.

Wu-Shu Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 96.,For rumbling in the abdomen, cramping pain below the navel, and consumptive debility.

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