Daigu Pills

Daigu Pills,For chronic deficiency of the spleen and stomach resulting in a complete loss of appetite.

Formulas Name : Daigu Pills

Chinese Name : 代谷丸

Drug Formulation

Lean mutton (with tendons and membranes removed, thinly sliced) 3 jin; aged tangerine peel 3 fen; small chili peppers 2 fen; scallions 10 stalks (first boil with water covering the meat by two fingers until all the water has evaporated; remove the aged tangerine peel and other ingredients, retaining only the meat, then dry over low heat); ginseng 2 liang (with root base removed); Shenqu 2 liang (roasted); roasted barley malt 2 liang.

Source

From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 6.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; use a paste of ginger and flour to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For chronic deficiency of the spleen and stomach resulting in a complete loss of appetite.

Instructions for Use

Take 50–70 pills per dose, at any time, washed down with warm wine or rice water.

Daigu Pills,From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 6.,For chronic deficiency of the spleen and stomach resulting in a complete loss of appetite.

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