Chest-Opening and Qi-Regulating Pills

Chest-Opening and Qi-Regulating Pills,Chest and abdominal distension, indigestion, vomiting and nausea, food stagnation with fluid retention, and red and white dysentery.

Formulas Name : Chest-Opening and Qi-Regulating Pills

Chinese Name : 开胸顺气丸

Drug Formulation

Areca nut 1 jin, Guangxi frankincense 1 jin, hawthorn 1 jin, Shenqu (fried with wheat bran) 1 jin, roasted barley malt 1 jin, Magnolia bark (processed with ginger) 1 jin,Trifoliate Orange Fruit (fried with wheat bran) 1 jin, Wuyao 1 jin 8 liang, Green Tangerine Peel (fried with vinegar) 1 jin 8 liang, Roasted Jun 1 jin 8 liang, Licorice 8 liang, Fried Radish Seeds 1 jin 8 liang.

Source

*Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Tianjin and Lanzhou Formulas).

Benefits

Chest and abdominal distension, indigestion, vomiting and nausea, food stagnation with fluid retention, and red and white dysentery.

Instructions for Use

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. For water pills: mix with cool boiled water to form small pills, each weighing 2 qian, and pack into bags. Take 1 bag per dose. For honey pills: mix with refined honey to form pills weighing 3 qian each; seal tightly with wax paper or a wax-coated paper tube. Take 1 pill per dose, washed down with plain boiled water.

Note

Contraindicated for pregnant women and those with qi deficiency.

Chest-Opening and Qi-Regulating Pills,*Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Formulations* (Tianjin and Lanzhou Formulas).,Chest and abdominal distension, indigestion, vomiting and nausea, food stagnation with fluid retention, and red and white dysentery.

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