Taoxi Qi Bao Pills

Taoxi Qi Bao Pills,For pain in both the lower back and flanks, as if clutching a jar; skin and muscles are hard and taut, feeling like a drum when pressed; both legs are swollen and distended; the patient lies supine with bent knees, unable to bend or straighten them; from the head down to the Shanzhong point, the body is emaciated with exposed bones; all cases of qi stagnation, food stagnation, and wandering edema; constipation; alternating chills and fever, resembling typhoid fever.

Formulas Name : Taoxi Qi Bao Pills

Chinese Name : 桃溪气宝丸

Drug Formulation

2 liang of Black Pharbitis, 1.5 liang of Rhubarb, 1 liang of Areca Nut, 1 liang of Green Tangerine Peel (white pith removed), 0.5 liang of Wood Fragrance, 0.5 liang of Notopterygium, 0.5 liang of Sichuan Lovage, 0.5 liang of Dried Tangerine Peel, 0.5 liang of Fennel (roasted), 0.5 liang of Chinese Angelica.

Source

From *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 6, citing *Simplified Formulas*.

Processing

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

Benefits

For pain in both the lower back and flanks, as if clutching a jar; skin and muscles are hard and taut, feeling like a drum when pressed; both legs are swollen and distended; the patient lies supine with bent knees, unable to bend or straighten them; from the head down to the Shanzhong point, the body is emaciated with exposed bones; all cases of qi stagnation, food stagnation, and wandering edema; constipation; alternating chills and fever, resembling typhoid fever.

Instructions for Use

Take 100 pills at a time, washed down with a decoction of fresh ginger and lampwick.

Taoxi Qi Bao Pills,From *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 6, citing *Simplified Formulas*.,For pain in both the lower back and flanks, as if clutching a jar; skin and muscles are hard and taut, feeling like a drum when pressed; both legs are swollen and distended; the patient lies supine with bent knees, unable to bend or straighten them; from the head down to the Shanzhong point, the body is emaciated with exposed bones; all cases of qi stagnation, food stagnation, and wandering edema; constipation; alternating chills and fever, resembling typhoid fever.

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