Baohe Wan
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Baohe Wan is a greyish-brown, slightly sour and astringent pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine refers to a broad range of medicine practices sharing common theoretical concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a tradition of more than 2,000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage , exercise , and dietary therapy...

 to "stimulate digestion, remove retained food and regulate the stomach function." 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

Name Chinese (S) Grams
Fructus 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
Semen Raphani (stir-baked) 莱菔子 (炒) 50
Fructus Hordei Germinatus (stir-baked) 麦芽 (炒) 50
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