Po Chai Pills (Bao Ji Wan) 保济丸
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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 officinalis 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:

A famous medicine, very useful for Traveller’s Diarrhea and acute Gastroenteritis.
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