Formulas that regulate qi
Yue ju wan
Escape Restraint Pill
- Chinese name
- 越鞠丸
- Group
- Formulas that regulate qi
- English name
- Stagnation Relieving Pills
Carminative and moves the qi; relieves all forms of stagnation: of food, blood, phlegm, dampness and fire.
Indications
For all five kinds of stagnation: a stuck feeling in chest and abdomen, possibly pain under the ribs, a bloated feeling, belching, heartburn, nausea, vomiting, slight cough and indigestion with poor appetite. Also for a nervous stomach and gastric and intestinal ulcers. The book also mentions hepatitis, cholecystitis and gallstones.
Ingredients
| Ingredients | Amount |
|---|---|
| Nutgrass rhizome (xiang fu) | 9–12 g |
| Cang zhu (black atractylodes) | 9–12 g |
| Szechuan lovage (chuan xiong) | 9–12 g |
| Shen qu (medicated leaven) | 9–12 g |
| Gardenia (zhi zi) | 9–12 g |
- Tongue
- pale with a thin or greasy coating
- Pulse
- rapid, tight and/or slippery
Variations
- For cold with stagnant qi: add galangal.
Note
Grind into a powder and roll into pills the size of an adzuki bean with water, or take 6–9 g with warm water. The book gives the pinyin as 'yue qu wan'.