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Pepper and Ginger Pills,Pain caused by the seven types of hernias and various cold conditions around the navel, with pain radiating upward to the chest, causing a sensation of fullness and shortness of breath.

Formulas Name : Pepper and Ginger Pills

Chinese Name : 椒姜丸

Drug Formulation

Sichuan pepper (seeds and closed tips removed, roasted until sweating) 1 liang 1 fen; dried ginger (roasted) 1 liang; Magnolia officinalis (coarse bark removed, coated with ginger juice and roasted) 1 liang; Scutellaria baicalensis (black core removed) 1 liang; Asarum (stems and leaves removed) 1 liang;Peony root 1 liang, Cinnamon bark (coarse bark removed) 1 liang, Platycodon root (stir-fried) half a liang, Bird’s beak (roasted until cracked, skin and navel removed) 1 fen, Bupleurum root (stems removed) 1 fen, Poria cocos (black skin removed) 1 fen, Moutan bark 1 fen.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 94.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder, mix with refined honey, and form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

Pain caused by the seven types of hernias and various cold conditions around the navel, with pain radiating upward to the chest, causing a sensation of fullness and shortness of breath.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine or rice water, three times a day.

Pepper and Ginger Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 94.,Pain caused by the seven types of hernias and various cold conditions around the navel, with pain radiating upward to the chest, causing a sensation of fullness and shortness of breath.

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