Medicinal Wine for Darkening Beards and Hair

Medicinal Wine for Darkening Beards and Hair,

Formulas Name : Medicinal Wine for Darkening Beards and Hair

Chinese Name : 乌须黑发药酒

Drug Formulation

4 liang of Angelica sinensis, 4 liang of Lycium barbarum, 4 liang of Rehmannia glutinosa, 4 liang of Panax ginseng, 4 liang of lotus pistils, 2 liang of Acanthopanax bark, 1,200 black beans, 4 liang of mulberry fruits, 1 liang of Sophora japonica seeds, 4 liang of Polygonum multiflorum (black beans steamed 9 times and sun-dried), 1 pair of gallnuts, and 3 liang of Eclipta prostrata.

Source

From *Compilation of Remarkable Formulas*, Volume 1.

Processing

Place all ingredients in a silk bag and sew it shut. Add 30 jin of high-quality Acanthopanax bark wine to a jar, seal it tightly, and let it sit for 21 days. Then strain out the wine; dry the herbs in the sun, grind them into a fine powder, and mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Instructions for Use

Take 100 pills per dose, washed down with the wine used earlier.

Medicinal Wine for Darkening Beards and Hair,From *Compilation of Remarkable Formulas*, Volume 1.,

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