Tian Zhen Dan

Tian Zhen Dan,For yang deficiency in the lower jiao, chronic cold in the umbilical region and abdomen, legs swollen as large as a dou, scrotum swollen as large as a sheng, and muscles that are hard and do not yield to pressure.

Formulas Name : Tian Zhen Dan

Chinese Name : 天真丹

Drug Formulation

1 liang of agarwood, 1 liang of morinda root (soaked in wine, core removed),Fennel (stir-fried with salt until fragrant; remove salt before use) 1 liang, Smilax glabra (soaked in wine, then stir-fried) 1 liang, Fenugreek (stir-fried until fragrant) 1 liang, Coptis chinensis (stir-fried until fragrant) 1 liang, Eucommia ulmoides (stir-fried to remove fibers) 1 liang, Pharbitis nil (stir-fried until fragrant) 1 liang, Pharbitis nil (stir-fried until black; remove salt) 1 liang, Amber 1 liang, Cinnamon bark half a liang.

Source

*Medical Inventions*, Volume 7.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Use the original medicinal wine used for soaking to make a paste, then form it into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For yang deficiency in the lower jiao, chronic cold in the umbilical region and abdomen, legs swollen as large as a dou, scrotum swollen as large as a sheng, and muscles that are hard and do not yield to pressure.

Instructions for Use

Take 50 to 70–80 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine on an empty stomach.

Tian Zhen Dan,*Medical Inventions*, Volume 7.,For yang deficiency in the lower jiao, chronic cold in the umbilical region and abdomen, legs swollen as large as a dou, scrotum swollen as large as a sheng, and muscles that are hard and do not yield to pressure.

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