Jianpi Wan


Jianpi Wan is a blackish-brown pill used in Traditional [Chinese medicine] to "invigorate the spleen function and improve the appetite". It tastes slightly sweet and bitter. It is used where there is "weakness of the spleen and stomach marked by epigastric and abdominal distension, anorexia, and loose bowels". The binding agent is honey. Each pill weighs about 9 grams.
The original formula was first published in "Standards of Diagnosis and Treatment" by Wáng Kěntáng in 1602. It is known as the "Pill for Invigorating the Spleen".