Yuxian Longevity-Enhancing Pill

Yuxian Longevity-Enhancing Pill,

Formulas Name : Yuxian Longevity-Enhancing Pill

Chinese Name : 遇仙补寿丹

Drug Formulation

10 bats (pounded into a paste and sun-dried), 4 sheng of purplish-black mulberries (extract the juice; sun-dry the residue), 6 liang of Eucommia bark, 6 liang of children’s hair, 3 liang of Asparagus root, 4 liang of Polygonatum (steamed with honey and sun-dried 9 times),4 liang of He Shou Wu, 4 liang of Shu Di, 4 liang of Sichuan pepper, 2 liang of goji berries, 2 liang of Angelica sinensis (ground into powder), 4 liang of Eclipta prostrata (ground into powder), 4 liang of Qiushi Dan (ground into powder), and 4 liang of Corydalis yanhusuo (ground into powder).

Source

*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.

Processing

Mix the three ingredients with mulberry juice, sun-dry and steam three times; boil the three ingredients in wine, then form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Instructions for Use

Take as many as desired with any liquid.

Note

Avoid radishes.

Yuxian Longevity-Enhancing Pill,*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 7.,

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