formula | Amber Pill Hu Po Wan |
source | Volume 3 of Zhengzhi Huibu |
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bubble_chart Composition Agarwood (pound), Costus root, Frankincense (roasted on bamboo leaves), Myrrh (roasted on bamboo leaves), each 9 gm; Amber 4.5 gm (ground); Semen Pharbitidis (white) 18 gm (used raw); Semen Pharbitidis (black) 4.8 gm (remove head and end, half used raw, half soaked in Gleditsia sinensis water); Areca nut 30 gm (half used raw, half soaked in Gleditsia sinensis decoction, baked until cooked).
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage
Grind the above ingredients into powder, mix with tooth soap water to form pills as big as a phoenix tree seed. Take 8 grams each time, with sugar water. After the first dose slightly promotes water discharge, take two to three doses of tonic. Then take another dose of amber pill, and after the water is discharged again, continue to take two to three doses of tonic until all the water is expelled.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Regulating qi and resolving stasis, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling.
bubble_chart Indications
Edema.