Wu Jiang Pills

Wu Jiang Pills,For children with spleen deficiency causing diarrhea and loss of appetite.

Formulas Name : Wu Jiang Pills

Chinese Name : 乌姜丸

Drug Formulation

2 liang of fresh ginger (cut into pieces the size of a chess piece), 2 liang of Coptis (stems removed) (chopped into pieces the size of a soybean; stir-fry both ingredients together until they turn purplish-black), and 25 cardamom pods (insert 2 cloves into each pod, for a total of 50 cloves inside; separately, grind fresh ginger into a paste to extract its juice, mix with flour to form a dough, wrap the cardamom pods, bake until cooked, then grind the mixture with the dough).

Source

*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 10).

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, add a few drops of water to form pills the size of a mustard seed.

Benefits

For children with spleen deficiency causing diarrhea and loss of appetite.

Instructions for Use

Take 20–30 pills per dose, washed down with jujube tea before breastfeeding or a meal.

Wu Jiang Pills,*General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 10).,For children with spleen deficiency causing diarrhea and loss of appetite.

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