Baohe Wan () 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".State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. . 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 NameChinese (S)GramsFructus 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 Pollen Raphani (stir-baked)莱菔子 (炒) 50 Fructus Hordei Germinatus (stir-baked)麦芽 (炒) 50
See also Chinese classic herbal formula Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan
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