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Diao Ge Wan

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Diao Ge Wan,Take five doses.

Formulas Name : Diao Ge Wan

Chinese Name : 透膈丸

Drug Formulation

Gaoliangjiang (roasted), Tiannansheng (soaked in boiling water 7 times), Shuosharen, Chenpi (white pith removed), selected Cloves (unroasted), Qingmuxiang, and Cassia Bark (coarse bark removed, unroasted)—each in equal parts.

Source

From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with a paste made from the natural juice of fresh ginger, and form into pills the size of a tung tree seed.

Benefits

Take five doses.

Instructions for Use

Take 30–70 pills per dose, washed down with ginger tea before meals.

Diao Ge Wan,From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 2.,Take five doses.

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