Baohe Wan

丹溪心法

Hawthorn (Shanzha) 6 liang, Medicated leaven (Shenqu) 2 liang, Pinellia (Banxia) and Poria (Fuling) 3 liang each, Aged tangerine peel (Chenpi), Radish seed (Laifuzi), and Forsythia (Lianqiao) 1 liang each.

The above are ground into powder; make pills with steamed cakes, as large as wutong seeds. Take 70–80 pills per dose (9 g), taken away from meals with plain water (modern usage: grind together into powder, make water-pills; take 6–9 g per dose, swallowed with warm boiled water. It may also be decocted in water for oral use, with the dosage reduced proportionally according to the original formula).

湯劑

Promote digestion and harmonize the Stomach.

Food stagnation pattern. Distention and fullness in the epigastrium and abdomen, belching with putrid odor and acid regurgitation, lack of desire to eat, nausea and vomiting, or diarrhea, thick greasy tongue coating, and a slippery pulse.

This formula is an attacking and purging preparation, so it should not be taken for a long time.