Aconite Life-Sustaining Pills，Quoted from *Gujin Luyan* in Volume 7 of *Wai Tai*.，For a 30-year-old suffering from chronic cold, epigastric and abdominal hernias, masses and accumulations, fluctuating pathogenic factors, cold extremities with heart-piercing pain, chronic arthralgia, emaciation, and shortness of breath; or for women with postpartum or lactation-related disorders, fullness and distension in the chest and flanks, loss of appetite, amenorrhea, and occasional bloody stools.
Aconite Life-Sustaining Pills
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Formulas Name : Aconite Life-Sustaining Pills
Chinese Name : 乌头续命丸
Drug Formulation
10 fen of Cornus officinalis, 5 fen of Paeonia lactiflora, 5 fen of Asarum sieboldii, 5 fen of Peucedanum praeruptorum (or, according to one account, Bupleurum chinense), 10 fen of Dried Ginger, 10 fen of Aconite (roasted), 3 fen of Aster tataricus,3 fen of Scutellaria baicalensis, 3 fen of Atractylodes macrocephala, 3 fen of Bletilla striata, 5 fen of Ligusticum chuanxiong, 5 fen of Panax ginseng, 5 fen of Rehmannia glutinosa, 10 fen of Sichuan pepper (sweated), and 10 fen of Cinnamomum cassia.
Source
Quoted from *Gujin Luyan* in Volume 7 of *Wai Tai*.
Processing
Grind the above herbs into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.
Benefits
For a 30-year-old suffering from chronic cold, epigastric and abdominal hernias, masses and accumulations, fluctuating pathogenic factors, cold extremities with heart-piercing pain, chronic arthralgia, emaciation, and shortness of breath; or for women with postpartum or lactation-related disorders, fullness and distension in the chest and flanks, loss of appetite, amenorrhea, and occasional bloody stools.
Instructions for Use
Begin by taking 3 pills after meals, three times a day. If no effect is observed, gradually increase the dose to 7 pills.
Note
Avoid raw vegetables, raw scallions, pork, cold water, peaches, plums, sparrow meat, and coriander, among others.
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Aconite Life-Sustaining Pills,For a 30-year-old suffering from chronic cold, epigastric and abdominal hernias, masses and accumulations, fluctuating pathogenic factors, cold extremities with heart-piercing pain, chronic arthralgia, emaciation, and shortness of breath; or for women with postpartum or lactation-related disorders, fullness and distension in the chest and flanks, loss of appetite, amenorrhea, and occasional bloody stools.