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Grass-Cold-Eating Powder,For fullness and distension in the chest, abdomen, and flanks; pathogenic factors surging upward; shortness of breath and palpitations in the chest making it difficult to breathe; rumbling and thunderous sounds in the abdomen; acid regurgitation, belching with a raw food odor;indigestion, alternating diarrhea and constipation, restlessness and oppression in the chest and abdomen, aversion to human voices, preference for sleeping alone, constant desire for warmth, mental confusion and forgetfulness, a sense of dread as if in terror, shortness of breath and retching, rumbling sounds in the abdomen, and disharmony of the five viscera.

Formulas Name : Grass-Cold-Eating Powder

Chinese Name : 草寒食散

Drug Formulation

1 fen of calcined stalactite, 1 fen of processed aconite root (peeled), 1 fen of Trichosanthes root, 1 fen of Poria, 1 fen of oyster shell (roasted), 1 liang of Platycodon root, 1 liang of dried ginger, 1 liang of ginseng, 1 liang of Saposhnikovia root, 5 fen of Asarum root, 5 fen of cinnamon bark, 3.5 liang of Atractylodes.

Source

*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 15.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder.

Benefits

For fullness and distension in the chest, abdomen, and flanks; pathogenic factors surging upward; shortness of breath and palpitations in the chest making it difficult to breathe; rumbling and thunderous sounds in the abdomen; acid regurgitation, belching with a raw food odor;indigestion, alternating diarrhea and constipation, restlessness and oppression in the chest and abdomen, aversion to human voices, preference for sleeping alone, constant desire for warmth, mental confusion and forgetfulness, a sense of dread as if in terror, shortness of breath and retching, rumbling sounds in the abdomen, and disharmony of the five viscera.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 fangcun bi per dose in the morning before eating, washed down with fine wine; reduce the dose if intolerable. Take it daily from the first day of the lunar month until the day of the new moon, then repeat the cycle.

Grass-Cold-Eating Powder,*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 15.,For fullness and distension in the chest, abdomen, and flanks; pathogenic factors surging upward; shortness of breath and palpitations in the chest making it difficult to breathe; rumbling and thunderous sounds in the abdomen; acid regurgitation, belching with a raw food odor;indigestion, alternating diarrhea and constipation, restlessness and oppression in the chest and abdomen, aversion to human voices, preference for sleeping alone, constant desire for warmth, mental confusion and forgetfulness, a sense of dread as if in terror, shortness of breath and retching, rumbling sounds in the abdomen, and disharmony of the five viscera.

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