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Stomach-Fortifying Pills

Formulas Name : Stomach-Fortifying Pills

Chinese Name : 固胃丸

Drug Formulation

1 jin of Cinnamomum cassia bark (peeled and chopped), 1 jin of fresh ginger (chopped), half a jin of jujubes (peeled and pitted; simmer these three ingredients in 2 dou of water until the jujubes are soft and the liquid has evaporated), half a jin of Atractylodes macrocephala, 3 liang of Alpinia officinarum, 3 liang of Cardamom, 2 liang of licorice (roasted),2 liang of Piper longum, 2 liang of Cinnamomum cassia (peeled), 2 liang of white cardamom seeds, 2 liang of tangerine peel (pith removed).

Source

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

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder and form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed using a wheat flour paste.

Instructions for Use

Take 70–100 pills per dose, washed down with clear rice water or hot water, at any time of day.

Stomach-Fortifying Pills,From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 5.,

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