Wan’an Pills，From *The Collection of Compassionate Voyage*, Volume 1.，For summer and autumn colds caused by cold or heat; common cold headaches; chills and fever; pain in the joints throughout the body; cholera with vomiting and diarrhea; epidemic malaria and dysentery; seasonal toxic rashes; and pathogenic influences at any time of year.
Wan’an Pills
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Formulas Name : Wan’an Pills
Chinese Name : 万安丸
Drug Formulation
Winter White Atractylodes 20 liang (stir-fried with earth), Poria 20 liang (stir-fried), Alisma 15 liang (stir-fried), Guang Agastache 30 liang (lightly stir-fried),Cinnamomum cassia 8 liang (ground), Perilla frutescens 20 liang (roasted), processed Pinellia ternata 20 liang (roasted with ginger juice), Atractylodes macrocephala 8 liang (roasted), Amomum villosum seeds 20 liang (roasted), Shenqu 30 liang (roasted), Citrus reticulata peel 15 liang (roasted), barley malt 30 liang (roasted), Crataegus pinnatifida 30 liang (roasted until charred),Citrus aurantium peel 20 liang (fried with wheat bran), Magnolia officinalis 20 liang (fried with ginger juice), Notopterygium incisum 12 liang (fried), Angelica pubescens 15 liang (fried with wine), raw licorice 4 liang (roasted), Salvia miltiorrhiza 30 liang (fried with wine), Coix seed 20 liang (fried).
Source
From *The Collection of Compassionate Voyage*, Volume 1.
Processing
Prepare the above herbs according to the prescribed methods, grind each into a fine, clean powder, and mix with refined honey to form pills, each weighing 4 qian.
Benefits
For summer and autumn colds caused by cold or heat; common cold headaches; chills and fever; pain in the joints throughout the body; cholera with vomiting and diarrhea; epidemic malaria and dysentery; seasonal toxic rashes; and pathogenic influences at any time of year.
Instructions for Use
Prepare a decoction as follows to take with the pills: For common colds, headaches, chills, fever, and pain in the joints and throughout the body, use 2 qian of roasted ginger and 3 scallion bulbs; decoct and dissolve 1 pill in the liquid; induce sweating, and the condition will be cured. For cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, use 3 qian of roasted ginger, 3 jujubes,3 qian of hearth soil; boil in water and dissolve one pill in the decoction; for malaria, use 3 qian of roasted ginger and 3 jujubes; boil in water and dissolve one pill in the decoction, to be taken one hour before the expected onset of symptoms; for red dysentery, use 3 qian of honeysuckle and 2 qian of black-roasted Chinese mint; boil in water and dissolve one pill in the decoction; if abdominal pain is present, add 1 qian 5 fen of Guangmuxiang; for white dysentery, use 2 qian of roasted ginger,5 qian of brown sugar; boil in water and dissolve 1 pill in the decoction; for rashes, use 5 qian of raw gypsum and 1 qian of stir-fried Cimicifuga; boil in water and dissolve 1 pill in the decoction; for pregnant women, use 8 qian of Angelica sinensis and 8 fen of roasted ginger; boil in water and dissolve 1 pill in the decoction; for postpartum women, use 8 qian of Angelica sinensis, 3 qian of Leonurus japonicus, and 1 qian 5 fen of roasted ginger; boil in water and dissolve 1 pill in the decoction. Adults take 1 pill; children take half a pill.
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Terminology Proofreading: [Cheng Bo] | August 31, 2026 Reviewed by: [Wang Zhongxiang, Associate Chief TCM Physician (China)] | August 31, 2026
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Wan’an Pills,For summer and autumn colds caused by cold or heat; common cold headaches; chills and fever; pain in the joints throughout the body; cholera with vomiting and diarrhea; epidemic malaria and dysentery; seasonal toxic rashes; and pathogenic influences at any time of year.