formula | Flat Peach Pill Pan Tao Wan |
source | Shoushi Baoyuan Volume 3 |
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bubble_chart Composition Aquilaria 9 gm, Costus root 9 gm, Frankincense 9 gm (roasted on bamboo leaves), Myrrh 9 gm (roasted on bamboo leaves), Amber 3 gm or 1.5 gm, Semen Pharbitidis (used raw, head and end) 24 gm, Semen Pharbitidis Nigrum (soaked in concentrated decoction of Gleditsia sinensis for half a day, placed at the bottom of the pot and baked; half raw, half cooked, then ground into powder) 24 gm, Areca nut 30 gm (half raw, half soaked in Gleditsia sinensis decoction until thoroughly infused, then baked until cooked).
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, mix with tooth soap water to form a thin paste, and shape into pills as big as a phoenix tree seed. Take 8 grams each time, and consume with sugar-fried soup at dawn.
bubble_chart Indications
Edema, swelling of the entire body, head, face, hands, and feet, abdominal distension and fullness with pain, abnormal rising of qi causing rapid breathing.