Great Five Accumulations Pills，From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 71.，For the five types of qi stagnation: fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm; distension and fullness in the abdomen and flanks; undigested fluid retained from previous meals; qi stagnation forming masses; pain in the heart and abdomen; and inability to eat or drink.
Great Five Accumulations Pills
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Formulas Name : Great Five Accumulations Pills
Chinese Name : 大五积丸
Drug Formulation
1 liang of realgar, 1 liang of Datura flower, 1 liang of dried lacquer (stir-fried until smoking), half a liang of croton seed (remove skin and inner membrane, grind to extract oil), 3 fen of Soapberry, 3 fen of Aconite (roasted until cracked, remove skin and navel).Take the above 6 ingredients; pound and sift 4 of them into a fine powder, then mix in realgar and croton seed until well blended. Add 3 sheng of rice vinegar and simmer over low heat in a silver or stone vessel until it becomes a paste. Add 1 liang of rhubarb (steamed until tender, roasted, and coarsely chopped), 1 liang of softshell turtle shell (with frills removed, vinegar-roasted),Green tangerine peel (soaked in hot water, white pith removed, and baked) 1 fen, Beijing-grown Curcuma zedoaria (steamed and chopped) 1 fen, aged rice malt (roasted) 1 fen, Angelica sinensis (sliced and baked) 1 fen, Cinnamomum cassia (coarse bark removed) 3 fen, and Aquilaria agallocha 3 fen.
Source
From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 71.
Processing
Take the 14 herbs listed above; grind 8 of them into a fine powder, mix with a decoction paste, and form into pills the size of mung beans.
Benefits
For the five types of qi stagnation: fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm; distension and fullness in the abdomen and flanks; undigested fluid retained from previous meals; qi stagnation forming masses; pain in the heart and abdomen; and inability to eat or drink.
Instructions for Use
Take 2 to 3 pills per dose, with tea or wine as a vehicle. To expel the accumulation, adjust the dosage according to the patient’s condition (deficiency or excess).
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Great Five Accumulations Pills,For the five types of qi stagnation: fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm; distension and fullness in the abdomen and flanks; undigested fluid retained from previous meals; qi stagnation forming masses; pain in the heart and abdomen; and inability to eat or drink.