Description
Yi Nian Jin (Children’s Indigestion Powder), from Collected Compilation of Nationwide Chinese Patent Medicine and Prescriptions (Quan Guo Zhong Yao Cheng Yao Chu Fang Ji).
Actions: Promote digestion and guide out [food] stagnation, dispel phlegm, and promote defecation
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of infantile accumulation and stagnation in the stomach and intestines due to indigestion of milk and food, with infantile abdominal distention, constipation, panting and cough due to overabundant phlegm, less eating, fright, and restlessness, red tongue with yellow and thick coating, slippery and excess pulse
Category: Formulas That Promote Digestion and Guide Out [Food] Stagnation.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 815–817.
Preparation
Grind the ingredients into fine powder, take in 0.3 g doses for infant under 1 year old, take in 0.6 g doses for children with 1–3 years old, and take in 1 g doses for children with 4–6 years old, 1 or 2 times a day. Discontinue medication as soon as getting effect
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