Tonifying Decoction

Tonifying Decoction,For consumptive weakness with emaciation, weakness in the legs and knees, loss of appetite, and skin sores.

Formulas Name : Tonifying Decoction

Chinese Name : 补益煎

Drug Formulation

Raw Rehmannia 4 jin, raw Asparagus root 1 jin, raw lotus root 1 jin, fresh ginger half a jin (chop the above four ingredients coarsely and squeeze out the juice using a raw silk bag), Dendrobium (roots removed) 1 liang, deer antler (roasted with butter, hair removed) 1 liang, Cuscuta seed (soaked in wine overnight, pounded into slivers, and dried) 1 liang,Achyranthes root (soaked in wine overnight, then dried in an oven) 1 liang, Astragalus root (chopped) 1 liang, Bupleurum root (stems removed) 1 liang, Lycium bark 1 liang, Ginseng 1 liang, Poria cocos (black skin removed) 1 liang, Cinnamon bark (coarse outer bark removed) 1 liang, Wood Fragrance 1 liang, Aconite root (roasted until cracked, skin and pith removed) 1 liang.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 89.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. First, simmer the natural juices of the first four ingredients in a silver or stone vessel until reduced by half. Add one dou of fine wine and simmer until reduced by another half. Add half a jin each of butter and honey and simmer together. Next, add the powdered herbs to the liquid and stir continuously with a willow branch until the mixture reaches a consistency where it clings to the spoon. Transfer to a new porcelain container and seal the opening with wax paper.

Benefits

For consumptive weakness with emaciation, weakness in the legs and knees, loss of appetite, and skin sores.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 spoonful daily on an empty stomach, mixed with warm wine.

Tonifying Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 89.,For consumptive weakness with emaciation, weakness in the legs and knees, loss of appetite, and skin sores.

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