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Qu-Shu Pills,For stagnant food and retained fluid in the epigastrium, accompanied by sour, stinging heart pain, vomiting of clear fluid, and belching of putrid odors.

Formulas Name : Qu-Shu Pills

Chinese Name : 曲术丸

Drug Formulation

Shenqu (roasted) 3 liang, Atractylodes (soaked in rice water for three nights, washed, sun-dried, and roasted) 1.5 liang, Dried Tangerine Peel 1 liang.

Source

From *San Yin*, Volume 11.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Separately, boil fresh ginger juice and mix it with the Shenqu powder to form a paste, then roll into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For stagnant food and retained fluid in the epigastrium, accompanied by sour, stinging heart pain, vomiting of clear fluid, and belching of putrid odors.

Instructions for Use

Take 30–50 pills at a time, washed down with ginger tea, at any time of day.

Qu-Shu Pills,From *San Yin*, Volume 11.,For stagnant food and retained fluid in the epigastrium, accompanied by sour, stinging heart pain, vomiting of clear fluid, and belching of putrid odors.

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