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Wheat Bran Pills,Consumptive disease. Deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach, resulting in inability to eat; bloating and fullness upon eating.

Formulas Name : Wheat Bran Pills

Chinese Name : 麦糵丸

Drug Formulation

Wheat bran (roasted) 2 liang, Ginseng 1.5 liang, Fructus Aurantii (pulp removed, roasted with bran) 1.5 liang, Atractylodes macrocephala 1.5 liang, Magnolia officinalis (coarse bark removed, roasted with ginger juice) 1.5 liang, Dried ginger (cracked) half a liang, Cinnamon bark (coarse bark removed) 1 liang, Aged rice malt (roasted) 1 liang, Licorice (roasted, coarsely chopped) 1 liang,Cornus officinalis 1 liang.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 88.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

Consumptive disease. Deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach, resulting in inability to eat; bloating and fullness upon eating.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills per dose, washed down with wine before meals, twice daily.

Wheat Bran Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 88.,Consumptive disease. Deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach, resulting in inability to eat; bloating and fullness upon eating.

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