Agarwood Cake，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 3.，For stagnation of food and drink, fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm, pain in the abdomen and flanks, and unceasing vomiting.
Agarwood Cake
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Formulas Name : Agarwood Cake
Chinese Name : 沉香饼子
Drug Formulation
Beijing-style Curcuma, Curcuma zedoaria, Green Tangerine Peel, Dried Tangerine Peel, Red Beans,Chebulic myrobalan (roasted), Amomum villosum, Pinellia, Datura (vinegar-fried), Dried ginger, Areca nut, Turmeric, Croton tiglium (with peel), Amomum villosum (peeled, coarsely ground, and slow-roasted over low heat until brownish-purple), Cinnamon (peeled), Aquilaria, Agastache leaves, Agarwood, Realgar (ground separately into a fine powder)—each in equal parts.
Source
From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 3.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, mix with wheat flour paste to form pills the size of small beans, and shape them into flat cakes.
Benefits
For stagnation of food and drink, fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm, pain in the abdomen and flanks, and unceasing vomiting.
Instructions for Use
Take 7–10 cakes per dose, washed down with warm ginger tea after a meal.
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Agarwood Cake,For stagnation of food and drink, fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm, pain in the abdomen and flanks, and unceasing vomiting.