Four-Stir-Fried Trifoliate Orange Peel Pills，*Hui Chun*, Volume 3.，For stagnation of qi and blood, abdominal distension, and masses.
Four-Stir-Fried Trifoliate Orange Peel Pills
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Formulas Name : Four-Stir-Fried Trifoliate Orange Peel Pills
Chinese Name : 四炒枳壳丸
Drug Formulation
4 liang of Zhi Ke (soaked in rice water, pith removed; stir-fry in four separate batches: 1 portion with 1 liang of Cang Zhu—boil until dry, stir-fry until yellow, then remove the Cang Zhu; 1 portion with 1 liang of radish seeds—boil with water until dry, stir-fry until yellow, then remove the radish seeds;1 portion of Fennel Seed (1 liang), boiled with water until dry, stir-fried until yellow, then remove the fennel seed; 1 portion of Dry Lacquer (1 liang), boiled with water until dry, stir-fried until yellow, then remove the dry lacquer), Cyperus Rhizome (2 liang),1 liang of areca nut, 1 liang of Corydalis (lightly stir-fried), 2 liang of Acorus tatarinowii (prepared using the same method as Curcuma zedoaria), 1 liang of Curcuma zedoaria (Acorus tatarinowii and Curcuma zedoaria are treated as a single ingredient: soak in 1 zhong of a child’s urine overnight; the next day, add 30 shelled Croton seeds, boil with water until dry, stir-fry until yellow, then discard the seeds).
Source
*Hui Chun*, Volume 3.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Boil a decoction using Atractylodes lancea, aniseed, radish seeds, and dried lacquer; add one bowl of good vinegar; and mix with a wheat flour paste to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.
Benefits
For stagnation of qi and blood, abdominal distension, and masses.
Instructions for Use
Take 70 pills per dose, washed down with clear rice broth.
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Four-Stir-Fried Trifoliate Orange Peel Pills,For stagnation of qi and blood, abdominal distension, and masses.