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Xiaohé Pills,For nodules on the neck and behind the ears, clustered in groups of three to five, which are not red, swollen, or painful, and do not form pus.

Formulas Name : Xiaohé Pills

Chinese Name : 消核丸

Drug Formulation

Tangerine peel (washed in salt water, white pith partially removed) 1 liang, Red Poria 1 liang (peeled), Raw licorice nodes (peeled) 4 qian, Pinellia curd (mixed with ginger juice, roasted) 7 qian, Scutellaria root slices (mixed with wine, stir-fried) 8 qian, Dried silkworm (washed in water, stir-fried until golden) 6 qian, Scrophularia root (mixed with wine, roasted) 7 qian,Oyster Shell (roasted over fire, quenched in a child’s urine, ground separately) 7 qian, Gardenia Seed (with shell, stir-fried until charred) 8 qian, Trichosanthes Root 7 qian, Trichosanthes Seed 7 qian (ground separately), Rhubarb (roasted) 1 liang, Platycodon Root (stem removed) 7 qian, Forsythia Fruit (stems and branches removed) 1 liang.

Source

From *Hui Chun*, Volume 5.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; mix with steamed buns moistened with hot water to form pills the size of mung beans, then sun-dry.

Benefits

For nodules on the neck and behind the ears, clustered in groups of three to five, which are not red, swollen, or painful, and do not form pus.

Instructions for Use

Take 80–90 pills per dose, washed down with plain hot water.

Xiaohé Pills,From *Hui Chun*, Volume 5.,For nodules on the neck and behind the ears, clustered in groups of three to five, which are not red, swollen, or painful, and do not form pus.

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