Four-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill

Four-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill,For consumptive disorders and cold qi in the abdomen.

Formulas Name : Four-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill

Chinese Name : 四味地黄丸

Drug Formulation

Prepared Rehmannia (roasted), Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos (black skin removed), and Cuscuta chinensis (soaked in wine for two nights, then pounded separately)—each in equal parts.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 90.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey, and form into pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For consumptive disorders and cold qi in the abdomen.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine on an empty stomach, twice daily.

Four-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 90.,For consumptive disorders and cold qi in the abdomen.

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