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A-Ai Pills,Particularly effective for excessive uterine bleeding in elderly women.

Formulas Name : A-Ai Pills

Chinese Name : 阿艾丸

Drug Formulation

White ginger (stir-fried with salt, wine, or rice vinegar) 8 qian; Cyperus rhizome (soaked in a child’s urine, then stir-fried) 1 liang; Corydalis tuber (stir-fried) 8 qian; Genuine donkey-hide gelatin (stir-fried into beads) 1 liang; Mugwort leaves 1 liang (prepared as roasted mugwort: form into cakes with glutinous rice paste, dry on a tile over a fire without burning, then grind into a fine powder).

Source

*Yi Tong*, Volume 84.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, then form into pills the size of a tung tree seed using a wine paste.

Benefits

Particularly effective for excessive uterine bleeding in elderly women.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills per dose on an empty stomach, washed down with salted wine or salted broth.

A-Ai Pills,*Yi Tong*, Volume 84.,Particularly effective for excessive uterine bleeding in elderly women.

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