formula | Rescuing Mung Beans Pill Ji Jiu Lyu Dou Wan |
source | The Comprehensive Treatise on Smallpox and Measles |
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bubble_chart Composition 250 gm mung beans, 60 gm each of plantain seeds, barley, ophiopogon, rush pith, and licorice.
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, and mix with water to form pills the size of mung beans. Coat with 15 grams of cinnabar. Take 3 grams per dose, swallowed with warm tea.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Clearing summer heat, promoting fluid production and diuresis.
bubble_chart Indications
Summer heat stroke, heat exposure, cholera, vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal pain and spasms, dysentery.