Four-Ingredient Pills

Four-Ingredient Pills,Chronic, long-standing “Bentun Qi” (a type of abdominal distension) that occasionally attacks the bladder, causing sharp pain.

Formulas Name : Four-Ingredient Pills

Chinese Name : 四味丸

Drug Formulation

1 liang Sichuan pepper (seeds and closed pods removed; stir-fried until perspiring), 1 liang fennel seeds (stir-fried), 1 liang aconite root (roasted until cracked; skin and pith removed), 1 liang Cistanche (soaked in wine, sliced, and baked).

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 71.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey, and form into pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

Chronic, long-standing “Bentun Qi” (a type of abdominal distension) that occasionally attacks the bladder, causing sharp pain.

Instructions for Use

Take 15 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine on an empty stomach.

Four-Ingredient Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 71.,Chronic, long-standing “Bentun Qi” (a type of abdominal distension) that occasionally attacks the bladder, causing sharp pain.

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