Stomach-Harmonizing and Appetite-Restoring Pills

Stomach-Harmonizing and Appetite-Restoring Pills,For deficiency of spleen and stomach qi, resulting in emaciation.

Formulas Name : Stomach-Harmonizing and Appetite-Restoring Pills

Chinese Name : 调中思食丸

Drug Formulation

Half liang of aged malt (crushed and stir-fried until yellow), half liang of aged tangerine peel (soaked in hot water to remove the white pith, then baked), half liang of ginseng, half liang of wheat bran (stir-fried until yellow), half liang of calcite powder, half liang of areca nut (large, coarsely chopped), half liang of white atractylodes, half liang of pinellia malt, and half liang of trichosanthes peel (seeds removed and stir-fried with bran).

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 46.

Processing

Except for the calcite, which is prepared separately, grind the remaining ingredients into a fine powder, mix thoroughly, and form into pills the size of a paulownia seed using refined honey.

Benefits

For deficiency of spleen and stomach qi, resulting in emaciation.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills per dose, washed down with warm rice water before meals.

Stomach-Harmonizing and Appetite-Restoring Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 46.,For deficiency of spleen and stomach qi, resulting in emaciation.

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