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Po Chai Pills (Bao Ji Wan) 保济丸
Protect and Relieve Pills
Protect and Relieve Pills
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 Hong Kong patent from Li Chung Shing Ltd.
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Herb Name
Fu Ling 茯苓 (Poria)
Mu Xiang ⽊香 (Costus) Cang Zhu 苍术 (Red Atractylodes) Huo Xiang 藿香 (Agastache) Bai Zhi 白芷 (Angelica dahurica) Ge Gen 葛根 (Kudzu) Hou Po 厚朴 (Magnolia bark) Yi Yi Ren 薏苡仁 (Coix) Sun Kook tea Gua Lou 瓜蒌 (Trichosanthes) Mai Ya 麦芽 (Malted Barley) Bo He 薄荷 (Peppermint) Chi Shi Zhi ⾚石脂 (Kaolin) Ju Hua 菊花 (Chrysanthemum) Chen Pi 陈皮 (Tangerine peel) |
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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:
A famous medicine, very useful for Traveller’s Diarrhea and acute Gastroenteritis.
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