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Highly Effective Governor’s Areca Nut Pills,Infants and young children who begin eating meat too early may damage their spleen and stomach, leading to an inability to properly digest food, accumulation of undigested matter, and the onset of conditions such as malnutrition.

Formulas Name : Highly Effective Governor’s Areca Nut Pills

Chinese Name : 大效使君槟榔丸

Drug Formulation

2 cardamom pods (roasted), 1 areca nut (raw), 1 qian Xuan Huanglian, 1 qian Hu Huanglian, 1 qian Chenpi, 1 qian Qingpi, 1 qian Sichuan melia fruit pulp (roasted), 1 qian Wuqi (roasted, hulled), 1 qian Shenqu, 1 qian barley malt (both roasted), 1 qian Wood Fragrance,1 qian of Yeming Sand (roasted, soil removed), 1 qian of Aloe, 1 qian of Chuanxiong, 1 zi of Musk.

Source

*Discussions on the Care of Infants and Children*, Volume 17.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, then mix with wild boar bile and mint to form pills the size of a sesame seed.

Benefits

Infants and young children who begin eating meat too early may damage their spleen and stomach, leading to an inability to properly digest food, accumulation of undigested matter, and the onset of conditions such as malnutrition.

Instructions for Use

Take 30–50 pills per dose, washed down with warm rice porridge.

Highly Effective Governor’s Areca Nut Pills,*Discussions on the Care of Infants and Children*, Volume 17.,Infants and young children who begin eating meat too early may damage their spleen and stomach, leading to an inability to properly digest food, accumulation of undigested matter, and the onset of conditions such as malnutrition.

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