Magnolia Bark Pills，From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 4.，Indications: Obstruction and tightness in the chest and diaphragm; distension and fullness in the abdomen and flanks; hardness and fullness beneath the heart; gurgling sounds in the intestines; retching, belching, and phlegm regurgitation; and loss of appetite.
Magnolia Bark Pills
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Formulas Name : Magnolia Bark Pills
Chinese Name : 厚朴丸
Drug Formulation
Magnolia Bark (processed with ginger) 2 liang, Hundred-Grass Ash 2 liang, Dried Ginger (roasted) 1 liang,Beijing-grown Curcuma zedoaria (roasted) 1 liang, Curcuma zedoaria (roasted) 1 liang, Pinellia ternata 1 liang, Areca nut 1 liang, Atractylodes lancea 0.5 liang, Dried tangerine peel (white pith removed) 5 liang, Green tangerine peel (white pith removed) 5 liang, Black pharbitis (roasted) 8 liang, Black aconite root (unroasted, skin and pith removed).
Source
From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 4.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, then form into pills the size of a pea using wheat flour paste.
Benefits
Indications: Obstruction and tightness in the chest and diaphragm; distension and fullness in the abdomen and flanks; hardness and fullness beneath the heart; gurgling sounds in the intestines; retching, belching, and phlegm regurgitation; and loss of appetite.
Instructions for Use
Take 20 pills per dose, washed down with ginger tea after a meal.
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Magnolia Bark Pills,Indications: Obstruction and tightness in the chest and diaphragm; distension and fullness in the abdomen and flanks; hardness and fullness beneath the heart; gurgling sounds in the intestines; retching, belching, and phlegm regurgitation; and loss of appetite.