Lanjin Pills

Lanjin Pills,

Formulas Name : Lanjin Pills

Chinese Name : 烂金丸

Drug Formulation

1 large pig’s stomach, 3 liang Coptis, 2 liang honey, 2 liang fresh ginger (ground).First, thoroughly clean the pork stomach; then wash it again with scallions, flour, vinegar, and pepper, and drain well. Place the herbs, water, and wine in a silver or stone vessel and simmer for half a day. Strain out the Coptis, wash away all traces of honey and wine, chop the mixture, and grind into a fine powder. Mix the powder with wine to form a paste, stuff it into the previously cleaned pork stomach, sew it shut, and place it in a silver or stone vessel to simmer in water until tender. Grind into a paste and incorporate the following ingredients: 2 liang of Ginseng,Astragalus 4 liang, Schisandra 2 liang, Chinese Yam 2 liang, Cornus Officinalis 2 liang, Eucommia (peeled, chopped, soaked in ginger juice, stir-fried until brittle) 2 liang, Dendrobium 2 liang, Plantain Seed 2 liang, Soft-shelled Turtle Carapace (vinegar-roasted) 2 liang, Prepared Rehmannia 2 liang, Fresh Lotus Seed (peeled) 2 liang, Angelica 2 liang,Acacia Pods (stir-fried) 1 liang, Poria 1 liang, Magnetite (calcined and crushed) 1 liang, Chuanxiong 1 liang, Agarwood half a liang (unroasted), Musk 1 qian (ground separately and added), Dodder Seeds 5 liang (soaked in wine until moist, then ground. An alternative formula includes Atractylodes 2 liang and Yangqishi 1 liang).

Source

*San Yin*, Volume 10.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Mix thoroughly with pork stomach fat until the consistency is right; if the fat is insufficient, add cooked honey. Pound with a pestle several thousand times to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Instructions for Use

Take 50 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine or glutinous rice soup before meals.

Note

This formula should be taken after the symptoms of internal heat and excessive thirst have subsided.

Lanjin Pills,*San Yin*, Volume 10.,

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