Xiang Sha Ping Wei Pills

Xiang Sha Ping Wei Pills,For food stagnation with diarrhea, distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen, foul-smelling stools, and sour-smelling dampness: first use purgative methods to eliminate accumulated stagnation; once the sour and foul odors have completely subsided, treat with this formula.

Formulas Name : Xiang Sha Ping Wei Pills

Chinese Name : 香砂平胃丸

Drug Formulation

Atractylodes (soaked in rice water, stir-fried) 5 liang, Magnolia Bark (stir-fried with wine) 3 liang, Dried Tangerine Peel 3 liang, Licorice 1 liang, Cyperus Rhizome (soaked in salt water) 1 liang, Shenqu (stir-fried) 1 liang, Amomum 1 liang.

Source

From *Baoming Gejue*, Volume 21.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with glutinous rice flour boiled in lotus leaf water to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For food stagnation with diarrhea, distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen, foul-smelling stools, and sour-smelling dampness: first use purgative methods to eliminate accumulated stagnation; once the sour and foul odors have completely subsided, treat with this formula.

Instructions for Use

Take 50 pills per dose, washed down with a decoction of fresh ginger and jujubes.

Xiang Sha Ping Wei Pills,From *Baoming Gejue*, Volume 21.,For food stagnation with diarrhea, distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen, foul-smelling stools, and sour-smelling dampness: first use purgative methods to eliminate accumulated stagnation; once the sour and foul odors have completely subsided, treat with this formula.

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