Daigu Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 6.，For chronic deficiency of the spleen and stomach resulting in a complete loss of appetite.
Daigu Pills
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Formulas Name : Daigu Pills
Chinese Name : 代谷丸
Drug Formulation
Lean mutton (with tendons and membranes removed, thinly sliced) 3 jin; aged tangerine peel 3 fen; small chili peppers 2 fen; scallions 10 stalks (first boil with water covering the meat by two fingers until all the water has evaporated; remove the aged tangerine peel and other ingredients, retaining only the meat, then dry over low heat); ginseng 2 liang (with root base removed); Shenqu 2 liang (roasted); roasted barley malt 2 liang.
Source
From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 6.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; use a paste of ginger and flour to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.
Benefits
For chronic deficiency of the spleen and stomach resulting in a complete loss of appetite.
Instructions for Use
Take 50–70 pills per dose, at any time, washed down with warm wine or rice water.
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Daigu Pills,For chronic deficiency of the spleen and stomach resulting in a complete loss of appetite.