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Xu’s Sulfur-Poria Pill

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Xu’s Sulfur-Poria Pill,For heat above and cold below, with nocturnal emissions.

Formulas Name : Xu’s Sulfur-Poria Pill

Chinese Name : 徐氏硫苓丸

Drug Formulation

Alum-processed sulfur 1 liang, Poria cocos 2 liang, Anemarrhena asphodeloides 5 qian, Phellodendron amurense (each soaked in a child’s urine) 5 qian.

Source

*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; melt 1 liang and a half of beeswax and roll into pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For heat above and cold below, with nocturnal emissions.

Instructions for Use

Take 50 pills per dose, washed down with salted water.

Xu’s Sulfur-Poria Pill,*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.,For heat above and cold below, with nocturnal emissions.

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