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.
Chest-Opening and Qi-Regulating Pills
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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.
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Terminology Proofreading: [Cheng Bo] | August 26, 2026 Reviewed by: [Wang Zhongxiang, Associate Chief TCM Physician (China)] | August 26, 2026
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Chest-Opening and Qi-Regulating Pills,Chest and abdominal distension, indigestion, vomiting and nausea, food stagnation with fluid retention, and red and white dysentery.