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Xiangdu Pills,For consumptive weakness and emaciation, tidal fevers and night sweats, aching joints, and weakness when walking.

Formulas Name : Xiangdu Pills

Chinese Name : 香肚丸

Drug Formulation

1 turtle shell (with nine ribs; soaked in vinegar overnight, then roasted until yellow), 2 liang of Bupleurum (stems removed), half a jin of apricot kernels (soaked in hot water, then peeled and tips removed), half a jin of Artemisia annua (washed and dried in an oven), and 4 liang of green tangerine peel (white pith removed).

Source

From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.

Processing

Coarsely crush the above ingredients. Take 1 pig’s stomach (with skin and membrane removed), stuff the mixture inside, and sew it closed with thread. Simmer in 4 sheng of a child’s urine until it becomes as soft as mud, then chop it finely. Mix with the herbal mixture and bake until dry, then grind into a fine powder. Next, add 3 liang of Coptis powder and 2 qian of musk (finely ground), and form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed using wine paste.

Benefits

For consumptive weakness and emaciation, tidal fevers and night sweats, aching joints, and weakness when walking.

Instructions for Use

Take 50 pills per dose on an empty stomach before meals, washed down with warm boiled water.

Xiangdu Pills,From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 10.,For consumptive weakness and emaciation, tidal fevers and night sweats, aching joints, and weakness when walking.

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