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Kuanqi Secret-Effect Pills,For deficiency of lung and stomach qi, exposure to wind and cold, shortness of breath and wheezing, and inability to sleep.

Formulas Name : Kuanqi Secret-Effect Pills

Chinese Name : 款气秘效丸

Drug Formulation

2 liang of bitter plantain (roasted on paper until purple; grind separately into a fine powder), 3 qian of white mulberry root bark (roasted until yellow; coarsely chopped), 1 liang of Aristolochia root (soil removed), and 1 fen of ephedra (roots and nodes removed).

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 67.

Processing

Grind all ingredients except the bitter mustard into a fine powder; then add the bitter mustard and grind it as well, mixing thoroughly. Boil jujube pulp and use it to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For deficiency of lung and stomach qi, exposure to wind and cold, shortness of breath and wheezing, and inability to sleep.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills each time, after meals or before bedtime, washed down with a decoction of donkey-hide gelatin and soapberry.

Kuanqi Secret-Effect Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 67.,For deficiency of lung and stomach qi, exposure to wind and cold, shortness of breath and wheezing, and inability to sleep.

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