Gushen Houpo Pills

Gushen Houpo Pills,For deficiency of the True Yuan, where wind, cold, and cold qi invade the intestines, causing sudden pain in the chest and abdomen, soreness in the back and spine, borborygmi and diarrhea, a weak heart with a tendency to lie down, and chronic coldness in women.

Formulas Name : Gushen Houpo Pills

Chinese Name : 谷神厚朴丸

Drug Formulation

Magnolia Bark (peeled and roasted with ginger juice) 1 liang, Fructus Aurantii (seeds removed, stir-fried with wheat bran) 1 liang, Fennel Seeds (stir-fried until fragrant) 1 liang, Cardamom (shell removed) 1 liang, Cinnamon Bark (coarse outer bark removed) 1 liang, Atractylodes Macrocephala 1 liang, Cloves 0.5 liang, Piper longum 0.5 liang.

Source

From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 220.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with a paste made from flour boiled in wine to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For deficiency of the True Yuan, where wind, cold, and cold qi invade the intestines, causing sudden pain in the chest and abdomen, soreness in the back and spine, borborygmi and diarrhea, a weak heart with a tendency to lie down, and chronic coldness in women.

Instructions for Use

Take 10–20 pills per dose, taken on an empty stomach with warm wine or salted water.

Gushen Houpo Pills,From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 220.,For deficiency of the True Yuan, where wind, cold, and cold qi invade the intestines, causing sudden pain in the chest and abdomen, soreness in the back and spine, borborygmi and diarrhea, a weak heart with a tendency to lie down, and chronic coldness in women.

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