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Anxi Blood-Activating Pill

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Anxi Blood-Activating Pill,For deficiency of the Chong and Ren Vessels, chronic cold in the lower jiao, pain in the umbilical region and abdomen (??), irregular menstruation—whether excessive and unceasing, delayed, or accompanied by metrorrhagia or persistent leukorrhea—a sallow and withered complexion, emaciated and wasted muscles, a heavy and sluggish body, distension and fullness in the chest and flanks, depleted vitality, and reduced appetite; all conditions involving deficiency of blood and qi with cold.

Formulas Name : Anxi Blood-Activating Pill

Chinese Name : 安息活血丹

Drug Formulation

Eucommia Fruit (soaked in boiling water 7 times, baked dry, lightly roasted) 20 liang; Benzoin (crushed, ground with fine wine, clarified to remove sediment, then simmered over low heat in a silver vessel until it forms a paste) 20 liang; Cypress Seed (roasted) 20 liang; Cornus Fruit (pitted) 20 liang; Corydalis 20 liang;Peach Kernels (remove skin and tip; stir-fried with wheat bran until light yellow) 20 liang, Polygonum cuspidatum 20 liang, Angelica sinensis 20 liang, Eucommia ulmoides (remove coarse bark, chop, and stir-fry) 20 liang, Aconite (processed, remove skin and pith) 20 liang, Wood Fragrance 20 liang, Eupatorium leaves 2.5 jin, Dried Ginger (processed) 2.5 jin, Cinnamon Bark (remove coarse bark) 2.5 jin,Artemisia leaves (lightly roasted) 2.5 jin, Astragalus (root stalks removed) 2.5 jin, Moutan bark 2.5 jin, Cistanche (soaked in wine, then baked) 5 jin, Magnolia bark (coarse bark removed, roasted with ginger juice until cooked) 5 jin.

Source

*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 9.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with wheat flour and benzoin paste, cooked together to form a paste, and shape into pills the size of a tung seed.

Benefits

For deficiency of the Chong and Ren Vessels, chronic cold in the lower jiao, pain in the umbilical region and abdomen (??), irregular menstruation—whether excessive and unceasing, delayed, or accompanied by metrorrhagia or persistent leukorrhea—a sallow and withered complexion, emaciated and wasted muscles, a heavy and sluggish body, distension and fullness in the chest and flanks, depleted vitality, and reduced appetite; all conditions involving deficiency of blood and qi with cold.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills per dose, taken before meals with warm wine; vinegar-infused water may also be used.

Anxi Blood-Activating Pill,*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 9.,For deficiency of the Chong and Ren Vessels, chronic cold in the lower jiao, pain in the umbilical region and abdomen (??), irregular menstruation—whether excessive and unceasing, delayed, or accompanied by metrorrhagia or persistent leukorrhea—a sallow and withered complexion, emaciated and wasted muscles, a heavy and sluggish body, distension and fullness in the chest and flanks, depleted vitality, and reduced appetite; all conditions involving deficiency of blood and qi with cold.

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