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Shenqu Pills,For stagnant food and retained fluid in the epigastrium, sour and stinging heart pain, vomiting of clear fluid, and belching of putrid odors from undigested food.

Formulas Name : Shenqu Pills

Chinese Name : 神曲丸

Drug Formulation

Shenqu 3 liang, Atractylodes lancea 1 liang, Dried Tangerine Peel 1 liang.

Source

From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.

Processing

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

Benefits

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

Instructions for Use

Take 30–50 pills per dose, washed down with ginger tea.

Shenqu Pills,From *Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.,For stagnant food and retained fluid in the epigastrium, sour and stinging heart pain, vomiting of clear fluid, and belching of putrid odors from undigested food.

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