Qi-Nourishing and Blood-Activating Pills

Qi-Nourishing and Blood-Activating Pills,For various postpartum deficiencies and insufficiencies, exhaustion and damage to blood and qi, internal weakness of the vital essence, fatigue in the limbs, and emaciation. Also for deficiency of the spleen’s vital essence, inability to digest food, vomiting, diarrhea, spontaneous sweating, or alternating chills and fever.

Formulas Name : Qi-Nourishing and Blood-Activating Pills

Chinese Name : 养气活血丸

Drug Formulation

Large mugwort leaves (roasted until charred, ground into a fine powder) 5 liang; dried ginger 2.5 liang (roasted, ground into a powder. Mix the powder with 2.5 sheng of vinegar, 2 sheng of high-quality wine free of ash, and 1 sheng of natural ginger juice; combine the ginger and mugwort powders in a silver vessel and simmer over low heat until reduced to a paste); aconite root (roasted, with skin and pith removed) 2.5 liang; white peony root 2 liang; white atractylodes 2 liang; red Sichuan pepper 2 liang;Chuanxiong 2 liang, Danggui (washed, dried) 2 liang, Zi Bajie (core removed, stir-fried with glutinous rice) 2 liang, Ginseng (root tip removed) 2 liang, Schisandra 2 liang.

Source

From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 16.

Processing

Grind the latter nine ingredients into a fine powder, mix them with the paste prepared earlier and 2.5 liang of well-roasted wheat flour, and blend thoroughly. Pound the mixture 1,000 times in a mortar and pestle to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For various postpartum deficiencies and insufficiencies, exhaustion and damage to blood and qi, internal weakness of the vital essence, fatigue in the limbs, and emaciation. Also for deficiency of the spleen’s vital essence, inability to digest food, vomiting, diarrhea, spontaneous sweating, or alternating chills and fever.

Instructions for Use

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

Qi-Nourishing and Blood-Activating Pills,From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 16.,For various postpartum deficiencies and insufficiencies, exhaustion and damage to blood and qi, internal weakness of the vital essence, fatigue in the limbs, and emaciation. Also for deficiency of the spleen’s vital essence, inability to digest food, vomiting, diarrhea, spontaneous sweating, or alternating chills and fever.

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