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Modified Pingwei Powder

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Modified Pingwei Powder

Formulas Name : Modified Pingwei Powder

Chinese Name : 增损平胃散

Drug Formulation

Atractylodes (soaked in rice gruel overnight, coarse outer skin scraped off, finely chopped, sun-dried or oven-dried) 1 liang; Magnolia Bark (coarse outer bark removed, chopped) 1 liang; Fresh Ginger 1 liang (juiced and soaked overnight, then stir-fried and oven-dried); Dried Tangerine Peel (white pith removed, chopped, stir-fried) 1 liang;Dried Ginger (washed, chopped, and stir-fried) half liang, Astragalus (soft variety, chopped, moistened with salt water) half liang, Licorice (split into two pieces, roasted until yellow) half liang, White Poria (chopped, steamed on top of rice for one rice-cooking period, then oven-dried or sun-dried) half liang.

Source

From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 qian per dose, dissolved in boiling water and taken before meals. Adding half a liang or 2.5 qian of ginseng (with the root base removed) and preparing it together with Poria is particularly effective.

Modified Pingwei Powder,From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.,

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