Garlic-Red Pills，Formula cited from *Hua Gong Shi Fang* in Volume 2 of *Bai Yi*.，Spleen stagnation. Abdominal distension like a drum, with prominent blue veins, making it impossible to sit or lie down.
Garlic-Red Pills
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Formulas Name : Garlic-Red Pills
Chinese Name : 蒜红丸
Drug Formulation
Select 1 liang of cloves, 1 liang of frankincense, 1 liang of agarwood, 1 liang of areca nut, 1 liang of green tangerine peel (white pith removed), 1 liang of aged tangerine peel (white pith removed), 1 liang of cardamom, 1 liang of processed Pongam, 1 liang of pharbitis, 1 liang of grass fruit, 1 qian of nutmeg (coated in flour and roasted),1 qian of powdered gypsum, half liang of white Poria (with black skin removed), half liang of ginseng, and 200 cloves of garlic (half used raw, half steamed until tender).
Source
Formula cited from *Hua Gong Shi Fang* in Volume 2 of *Bai Yi*.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Finely grind the raw and cooked garlic, squeeze the juice from the raw garlic using a twisted piece of raw silk, and immediately use the powder to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.
Benefits
Spleen stagnation. Abdominal distension like a drum, with prominent blue veins, making it impossible to sit or lie down.
Instructions for Use
Take 5–15 pills per dose, washed down with lightly salted water after a meal.
Note
Avoid salty, sour, fish, vinegar, tea, soy sauce, pickled chicken and duck, raw and cold foods, and offal from horses and cattle; consume only plain white rice porridge for 100 days.
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Terminology Proofreading: [Cheng Bo] | August 31, 2026 Reviewed by: [Wang Zhongxiang, Associate Chief TCM Physician (China)] | August 31, 2026
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Garlic-Red Pills,Spleen stagnation. Abdominal distension like a drum, with prominent blue veins, making it impossible to sit or lie down.