Xiao Qi Xiang Pills，*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 3 (Shaoxing Supplementary Formulas).，For vomiting after drinking alcohol, retching with a sour taste in the throat, dysphagia due to qi stagnation, inability to swallow food, cold phlegm with regurgitation, abdominal distension and spleen pain, long-standing accumulation of tea, alcohol, and food, yellowing of the eyelids, dysentery with red or white stools, and spleen-toxin-induced diarrhea. Also for women with spleen blood and qi deficiency, and children with malnutrition. For all cases of lower back pain caused by qi stagnation resulting from pent-up anger, worry, or physical trauma such as sprains or falls.
Xiao Qi Xiang Pills
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Formulas Name : Xiao Qi Xiang Pills
Chinese Name : 小七香丸
Drug Formulation
80 liang of Atractylodes (roasted), 60 liang of Amomum (roasted), 120 liang of Cyperus (roasted, hair removed), 120 liang of Clove bark, 120 liang of Licorice (roasted), 20 liang of Curcuma (baked, crushed while hot), and 20 liang of Amomum villosum.
Source
*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 3 (Shaoxing Supplementary Formulas).
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with water-soaked steamed buns to form pills the size of mung beans.
Benefits
For vomiting after drinking alcohol, retching with a sour taste in the throat, dysphagia due to qi stagnation, inability to swallow food, cold phlegm with regurgitation, abdominal distension and spleen pain, long-standing accumulation of tea, alcohol, and food, yellowing of the eyelids, dysentery with red or white stools, and spleen-toxin-induced diarrhea. Also for women with spleen blood and qi deficiency, and children with malnutrition. For all cases of lower back pain caused by qi stagnation resulting from pent-up anger, worry, or physical trauma such as sprains or falls.
Instructions for Use
Take 20 pills per dose, with warm wine, ginger tea, or boiled water: for bloating and fullness, grind the pills with Wuyao and take with a decoction; for dizziness, nausea, and chest and diaphragm fullness caused by excessive drinking or eating, first chew 20 pills, then swallow 20 pills, and take with a decoction of fresh ginger and perilla.
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Xiao Qi Xiang Pills,For vomiting after drinking alcohol, retching with a sour taste in the throat, dysphagia due to qi stagnation, inability to swallow food, cold phlegm with regurgitation, abdominal distension and spleen pain, long-standing accumulation of tea, alcohol, and food, yellowing of the eyelids, dysentery with red or white stools, and spleen-toxin-induced diarrhea. Also for women with spleen blood and qi deficiency, and children with malnutrition. For all cases of lower back pain caused by qi stagnation resulting from pent-up anger, worry, or physical trauma such as sprains or falls.