Search for Herbal Teas Recipes by Symptom:

Five-Bark Pills

Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. All references in this article to TCM syndrome differentiation, herbal medicines, teas, and decoctions are intended to promote TCM culture and are provided solely for educational and reference purposes.

Five-Bark Pills,For spleen dampness and weak stomach, epigastric fullness and abdominal distension, edema of the limbs, and difficulty urinating.

Formulas Name : Five-Bark Pills

Chinese Name : 五皮丸

Drug Formulation

2 liang 5 qian of tangerine peel, 2 liang 5 qian of areca nut peel, 2 liang 5 qian of mulberry bark, 2 liang 5 qian of poria peel, and 1 liang 2 qian 5 fen of dried ginger peel.

Source

*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, sift through a sieve, and mix with cold boiled water to form small pills.

Benefits

For spleen dampness and weak stomach, epigastric fullness and abdominal distension, edema of the limbs, and difficulty urinating.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 qian per dose, twice daily, with warm boiled water.

Five-Bark Pills,*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.,For spleen dampness and weak stomach, epigastric fullness and abdominal distension, edema of the limbs, and difficulty urinating.

More Herbs Formulas

Zhu Po Pills

Zhu Po Pills,*Ming Yi Zhi Zhang*, Volume 10.,For convulsions with phlegm and drooling, a dry, hoarse cough, and impaired ascending and descending functions.

Licorice Pills

Licorice Pills,*Shenghui* (Volume 83).,For infants under 100 days old suffering from cough and shortness of breath.

Modified Kudzu Root and Ephedra Decoction

Modified Kudzu Root and Ephedra Decoction,*General Treatise on Cold-Induced Diseases*, Volume 3.,Stiff-and-Soft Spasms.

Mishigao

Mishigao,From *Yonglei Qianfang*, Volume 20.,Diarrhea due to malnutrition, characterized by white, turbid, foul-smelling, and greasy stools, with bone-level fever and excessive thirst.

Crab Roe Powder

Crab Roe Powder,From *Xian Nian Ji*, Volume 4.,Lacquer-induced sores.

Enhanced Licorice, Oat, and Jujube Decoction

Enhanced Licorice, Oat, and Jujube Decoction,From *Zhang Jiachun’s Diagnosis and Treatment of Ophthalmic Disorders*.,Deficiency of qi and blood, imbalance of yin and yang, red and painful eyes, irregular episodes; during an episode, the sclera appears pale red with mild pain, alternating chills and fever, or headache, restlessness, a fine, rapid, and weak pulse, a pale … Read more

Five Accumulations Cake

Five Accumulations Cake,*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 13.,For children suffering from malnutrition, food stagnation, parasitic infestation, meat stagnation, qi stagnation, or cold stagnation, presenting with abdominal distension as large as a drum, a sallow-yellow complexion and emaciation, diarrhea, and fever, who are unable to take oral medication.

Deer Antler Gelatin Pills

Deer Antler Gelatin Pills,Volume 5 of *The Wan Family’s Collection of Prescriptions*.,For impotence due to cold in the essence, resulting in infertility.

Decoction for Dispelling Wind and Penetrating the Muscles

Decoction for Dispelling Wind and Penetrating the Muscles,From *Golden Needles of Pediatrics*, Volume 1.,Infantile measles.

Ox Bile Palace-Clearing Pill

Ox Bile Palace-Clearing Pill,*Selected Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Beijing*.,For wind-cold common cold, internal heat from epidemic pathogens, soreness and weakness in the limbs, headache, and fever.

Agarwood Red-Cut Pills

Agarwood Red-Cut Pills,From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 19.,For children with diarrhea characterized by more red than white stool, or pure bloody stool, or stool resembling soybean juice.

Plum Blossom Universal Salvation Pill

Plum Blossom Universal Salvation Pill,From *Collected Formulas of the Crane-Feeding Pavilion*.,Effective for summer heat-induced fever, malaria, and dysentery; meridian stiffness; dizziness and abdominal pain; cold extremities; and all symptoms of cold damage, common cold, and phlegm-induced epilepsy.

Dragon’s Tooth Decoction

Dragon’s Tooth Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 171.,Wind-induced epilepsy in children.

Direct-Penetrating Muscle-Penetrating Powder

Direct-Penetrating Muscle-Penetrating Powder,From *Miscellaneous Remarks on Remedies for Deviations*, Volume 8.,For cases where smallpox is about to erupt but has not yet done so, with no significant external pathogens and no internal injury, but accompanied by fever, vomiting, and glazed eyes.

Zhike-Qianhu Decoction

Zhike-Qianhu Decoction,From *Ma Ke Huo Ren*, Volume 3.,Cough and shortness of breath following measles.

Summer Heat-Relieving and Labor-Inducing Pill

Summer Heat-Relieving and Labor-Inducing Pill,From *The Secret Records of the Stone Chamber*, Volume 6.,For sudden heatstroke and cholera-like vomiting and diarrhea following childbirth.

Immortal Formula: Pepper and Poria Pills

Immortal Formula: Pepper and Poria Pills,From *Compendium of Materia Medica*, Volume 32, citing *Master Shao’s Empirical Formulas*.,

Rehmannia and Mugwort Decoction

Rehmannia and Mugwort Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 155.,Sudden, unstoppable vaginal bleeding during pregnancy, accompanied by pain in the lower back and abdomen.

Five-Ingredient Miracle Ointment for Malaria

Five-Ingredient Miracle Ointment for Malaria,From *Collection of Effective Prescriptions*, Volume 1.,For malaria.

Tongxin Powder

Tongxin Powder,From *He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 6.,(Dysuria and hernia) with pus and blood inside, and obstruction of urination.

Da Jian Pi Pills

Da Jian Pi Pills,From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 6.,For accumulated cold in the middle jiao, qi stagnation in the chest and diaphragm, vomiting, nausea, pain in the abdomen and flanks, weakness and slippage of the viscera, frequent digestive disturbances, fatigue, and lack of strength, as well as lethargy in the limbs.

Purple Snow Ointment

Purple Snow Ointment,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 131.,For all types of back abscesses, brain abscesses, and all kinds of malignant sores.

Yuxian Lixiao Decoction

Yuxian Lixiao Decoction,*Formulas for Reliable and Practical Use*, Volume 2.,For all types of severe dysentery—whether the stool is red or white, or a mixture of pus and blood—accompanied by tenesmus, cramping pain in the navel and abdomen, or the passage of stool in five colors, or stool resembling fish brains; occurring day and night without … Read more

Mole Pill

Mole Pill,*Ophthalmology Treasure Chest*, Volume 4.,For difficult-to-treat pediatric eye conditions caused by malnutrition and corneal opacities.

Yuyi Decoction

Yuyi Decoction,*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 2.,Excessive fire in the lungs and kidneys, with bleeding from the skin and hair.