Five-Guan Digestive-Promoting Pills

Five-Guan Digestive-Promoting Pills,For malnutrition and abdominal distension. For infants who appear slightly jaundiced and emaciated, with a distended abdomen, abdominal pain, and a lack of appetite for breast milk.

Formulas Name : Five-Guan Digestive-Promoting Pills

Chinese Name : 五疳消食丸

Drug Formulation

Schisandra (flesh, stir-fried), Barley Sprouts (stir-fried), Dried Tangerine Peel, Barley Malt, Cnidium, Gentiana, Coptis (stir-fried), and Sugar Spheres—each in equal parts.

Source

Volume 50 of *The Subtle Meanings of the Jade Mechanism*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder and form into pills the size of millet grains using stale rice.

Benefits

For malnutrition and abdominal distension. For infants who appear slightly jaundiced and emaciated, with a distended abdomen, abdominal pain, and a lack of appetite for breast milk.

Instructions for Use

Administer 10 pills per dose, taken with rice water.

Five-Guan Digestive-Promoting Pills,Volume 50 of *The Subtle Meanings of the Jade Mechanism*.,For malnutrition and abdominal distension. For infants who appear slightly jaundiced and emaciated, with a distended abdomen, abdominal pain, and a lack of appetite for breast milk.

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