Yellow Disease Descending Alum Pills，*Compendium of Pills, Powders, Ointments, and Elixirs*，Indicated for intestinal redness due to damp-heat, exhaustion from overwork, abdominal distension in jaundice, edema of the legs and feet, food stagnation, masses, malaria, and dysentery.
Yellow Disease Descending Alum Pills
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Formulas Name : Yellow Disease Descending Alum Pills
Chinese Name : 黄病降矾丸
Drug Formulation
Crimson alum 6 liang, processed Magnolia bark 3 liang, Atractylodes macrocephala 3 liang (stir-fried until charred), Poria 3 liang, Fructus Aurantii 2 liang (stir-fried until charred), Atractylodes lancea 2 liang (stir-fried until charred), Citrus reticulata peel 2 liang.
Source
*Compendium of Pills, Powders, Ointments, and Elixirs*
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with rice water to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.
Benefits
Indicated for intestinal redness due to damp-heat, exhaustion from overwork, abdominal distension in jaundice, edema of the legs and feet, food stagnation, masses, malaria, and dysentery.
Instructions for Use
Take 20–30 pills per dose, washed down with hot water.
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Yellow Disease Descending Alum Pills,Indicated for intestinal redness due to damp-heat, exhaustion from overwork, abdominal distension in jaundice, edema of the legs and feet, food stagnation, masses, malaria, and dysentery.