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Ginseng, Poria, and Atractylodes Pills

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Ginseng, Poria, and Atractylodes Pills,For deficiency of vital energy and weakness of the spleen and stomach following an illness.

Formulas Name : Ginseng, Poria, and Atractylodes Pills

Chinese Name : 参苓白术丸

Drug Formulation

Ginseng 1 liang, Atractylodes macrocephala (stem removed, stir-fried with earth) 1.5 liang, Poria cocos (peeled) 1 liang, Chinese yam (stir-fried) 1 liang, white mung beans (stir-fried with ginger juice) 1 liang, Platycodon grandiflorus (stem removed) 1 liang, Coix seed (stir-fried) 1 liang,lotus seed (with pericarp removed) 2 liang, tangerine peel 1 liang, pinellia (soaked in hot water, stir-fried with ginger juice) 1 liang, amomum 5 qian, coptis (stir-fried with ginger juice) 1 liang, shenqu (stir-fried) 1 liang, cyperus (stir-fried with children’s urine) 1 liang, white peony root (stir-fried with wine) 1 liang, angelica (stir-fried with wine) 2 liang, licorice (roasted) 5 qian.

Source

From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 2.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, then form into pills the size of a paulownia seed using Shenqu paste.

Benefits

For deficiency of vital energy and weakness of the spleen and stomach following an illness.

Instructions for Use

Take 100 pills per dose, washed down with rice soup after a meal.

Ginseng, Poria, and Atractylodes Pills,From *Shou Shi Bao Yuan*, Volume 2.,For deficiency of vital energy and weakness of the spleen and stomach following an illness.

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