Qi-Nourishing Pills

Qi-Nourishing Pills,For all types of qi-related disorders.

Formulas Name : Qi-Nourishing Pills

Chinese Name : 养气丸

Drug Formulation

Half a liang of Wood Fragrance, half a liang of Cloves, equal parts of Magnolia Bark (peel scraped off, ground with ginger, pounded to a fine powder, and dried in an oven) and Ginger; 1 liang of Barley Malt (lightly roasted and sifted); 1 liang of White Cardamom (peeled, weighing only the kernel); 1 liang of Shenqu (roasted);1 liang of aniseed (lightly roasted), half a liang of licorice (high-quality, roasted), half a liang of chebulic myrobalan (roasted, with skin and seeds removed), half a liang of Sichuan dried ginger (roasted), and 1 liang of tangerine peel (with white pith removed).

Source

From Ye’s formula cited in *Simple Formulas* (see *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 88).

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with flour to form pills the size of mung beans.

Benefits

For all types of qi-related disorders.

Instructions for Use

Take 30–50 pills per dose, washed down with ginseng decoction before meals.

Qi-Nourishing Pills,From Ye’s formula cited in *Simple Formulas* (see *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 88).,For all types of qi-related disorders.

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