Wei’ai Pills，*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 1.，For abscesses, boils, and ulcers accompanied by spleen and stomach deficiency, aversion to all flavors of food, and cases where previous treatments to stimulate appetite and promote eating have been ineffective.
Wei’ai Pills
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Formulas Name : Wei’ai Pills
Chinese Name : 胃爱丸
Drug Formulation
1 liang of Yun-style Atractylodes (fresh white variety; soak in rice washing water to remove astringency, slice, sun-dry, then stir-fry with barley malt), 1 liang of Huaiqing Chinese Yam (plump, large, and of superior white quality; slice, moisten with male breast milk, allow to dry until slightly moist, then sun-dry and lightly roast),1 liang of Shangbai Poria (sliced 1 fen thick, coarsely chopped; steam with 2 qian of Amomum villosum on top of rice in a bowl until cooked; use only the Poria), 1 liang of Qinghe Ginseng (processed and sun-dried; grind both into a fine powder), 3 qian of White Cardamom, 6 qian of Dried Tangerine Peel (first stir-fried with aged rice until yellow, then stir-fried together; dry slightly without burning),5 qian of young perilla (thoroughly mixed with honey, sun-dried, lightly steamed for a short time, then sliced along with the stems and leaves), 5 qian of lotus seed (peeled, pitted, and sliced), and 3 qian of licorice (roasted).
Source
*Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 1.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Lightly roast 2 he of aged rice, grind it into flour, and mix with lotus leaf decoction to form a paste. Shape into pills the size of a tung tree seed.
Benefits
For abscesses, boils, and ulcers accompanied by spleen and stomach deficiency, aversion to all flavors of food, and cases where previous treatments to stimulate appetite and promote eating have been ineffective.
Instructions for Use
Take 80 pills at a time, washed down with clear rice water, at any time of day.
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Wei’ai Pills,For abscesses, boils, and ulcers accompanied by spleen and stomach deficiency, aversion to all flavors of food, and cases where previous treatments to stimulate appetite and promote eating have been ineffective.