Magnolia Bark Pills

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.

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.

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.

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