Effects of Six-flavored Cold-Water Stone Powder

Six-flavored Cold Water Stone Powder is mainly used to relieve cough and control acidity. The composition of the drug is cold water stone, pomegranate seeds, Tibetan wood incense, cardamom, wicker and safflower. The method of preparation is the above six flavors, crushed into fine powder, sieve, mix, that is obtained. It is light brown-yellow powder; fragrant, astringent and pungent in flavor. Add appropriate amount of sugar and mix it for internal use. Function is to stop cough, stop acid. Used in the early stage of “Mubu” disease, excessive acid, loss of appetite, belching (hiccups). It is clinically used for stomach pain caused by stagnation of stomach qi in the middle jiao due to the accumulation of dampness and heat (dampness and heat in the body). Symptoms include distension and pain in the stomach, belching and swallowing of acid (swallowing the acid in the stomach upward to the mouth and throat) or vomiting of undigested food, with pain relieved after vomiting, thick and greasy moss, and slippery or solid pulse; acute and chronic gastritis, and functional dyspepsia seen in the above symptoms. The medication should be taken under the guidance of a professional physician, and should not be taken on its own, in order to avoid delaying the condition.