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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 patent medicine from Li Chung Shing Ltd.
Po Chai Pills were created by Li Shiu Kei in Foshan, Guangdong, in 1896
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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) |
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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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