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Xiaohou Pills,Asthma.

Formulas Name : Xiaohou Pills

Chinese Name : 哮吼丸

Drug Formulation

3 qian of apricot kernels, 3 qian of Aristolochia, 2 qian of cicada wings, 2 qian and 5 fen of mulberry bark, 2 qian and 5 fen of ginkgo nut flesh, 5 qian of white alum, and 3 fen of white lead.

Source

From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder and form into pills the size of mung beans using red date pulp.

Benefits

Asthma.

Instructions for Use

Take 7 pills for men and 6 pills for women after meals, washed down with cold tea.

Xiaohou Pills,From *Secret Transmission of the Blue Sack*.,Asthma.

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