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Po Chai Pills (Bao Ji Wan) 保济丸
Protect and Relieve Pills
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Po Chai Pills are a famous patent medicine made by Li Ching Shing in Hong Kong. It is packaged as small vials containing 1.9 grams of very small pills, 1–2 vials being taken as a dose.

Tradition:
TCM

Source / Author:
famous patent medicine from Li Chung Shing Ltd.
Po Chai Pills were created by Li Shiu Kei in Foshan, Guangdong, in 1896


Herb Name
Fu Ling (Poria)
Mu Xiang (Costus)
Cang Zhu
(Red Atractylodes)
Huo Xiang (Agastache)
Bai Zhi
(Angelica dahurica)
Ge Gen
(Kudzu)
Hou Po
(Magnolia bark)
Yi Yi Ren
(Coix)
Sun Kook tea
Gua Lou (Trichosanthes)
Mai Ya
(Malted Barley)
Bo He
(Peppermint)
Chi Shi Zhi
(Kaolin)
Ju Hua
(Chrysanthemum)
Chen Pi
(Tangerine peel)

Latin
Poria cocos
Aucklandia lappa
Atractylodes lancea
Pogostemon cablin
Angelica dahurica
Pueraria lobata
Magnolia o
fficinalis
Coicis lachryma-jobi


Trichosanthes kirilowi
Hordei Fructus Germinantus
Mentha haplocalyx
Halloysitum rubrum
Chrysanthemum morifolium
Citrus tangerina

Amount
14%



8% ea.



7% ea.

5 1⁄2 % ea.
4
1⁄2 %


3 1⁄2 %
ea.

Preparation:
Pills; comes in small vials containing 1.9 grams of small pills

Function:
Clears Acute Damp-Heat, stops Diarrhea

Use:
1. Acute Damp-Heat Diarrhea (usually in damp, tropical environments during the summer; ‘Traveller’s Diarrhea’)
2. Acute abdominal distention and pain from overeating
3. Food poisoning
4. Acute Gastroenteritis, Summer Flu


Dose:
1–2 small bottles (1.9–3.8 grams) every 2 hours in acute conditions; half dose for children

Cautions:
None noted

Modifications:

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