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formula nameFour Wonderful Herbs Pill
sourceRuizhutang's Experiential Prescriptions Volume II
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bubble_chart Composition

Nutmeg 30 gm (soaked in wine with salt, stir-fried with Psoralea corylifolia until dry, discard Psoralea corylifolia) Chinese yam 30 gm (soaked in wine, stir-fried with Schisandra chinensis until dry, discard Schisandra chinensis) Magnolia bark 60 gm (coarse bark removed, stir-fried with 30 gm of crude salt until charred, stop when the salt no longer emits smoke, discard salt) Large Pinellia ternata 30 gm (each cut into two pieces, stir-fried with sliced Polyporus umbellatus soaked in water until dry, discard Polyporus umbellatus)

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind into fine powder, mix with wine and form into pills, each the size of a phoenix tree seed. Use 0.3 grams of cinnabar and 0.3 grams of agarwood, grind into extremely fine powder, and use in two layers as a coating. Dry in the shade. Take 50 to 70 pills before meals, with salted wine, rice water, or administer with lightly salted water.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Strengthening the spleen, warming the middle, resolving phlegm, and regulating qi.

bubble_chart Indications

Spleen-stomach weakness, inability to transform and transport, phlegm stagnation in the chest, reduced appetite, and loose stools.

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