Baohe Wan

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Baohe Wan (Chinese: 保和丸) is a greyish-brown, slightly sour and astringent pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "stimulate digestion, remove retained food and regulate the stomach function".[1] It is used in cases where there is "retention of undigested food with epigastric and abdominal distension, foul belching, acid regurgitation and loss of appetite".

Chinese classic herbal formula[edit]

Name Chinese (S) Grams
Fructus Crataegi (charred) 山楂 (炭) 300
Massa Medicata Fermentata (stir-baked) 神曲 (炒) 100
Rhizoma Pinelliae (processed) 半夏 (制) 100
Poria 茯苓 100
Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae 陈皮 50
Fructus Forsythiae 连翘 50
Semen Raphani (stir-baked) 莱菔子 (炒) 50
Fructus Hordei Germinatus (stir-baked) 麦芽 (炒) 50

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References[edit]

  1. ^ State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. ISBN 7-117-06982-1.