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Bai Bei Pills,For men and women suffering from pain in the lower back and knees, stiffness of tendons and meridians, and difficulty walking.

Formulas Name : Bai Bei Pills

Chinese Name : 百倍丸

Drug Formulation

Decayed Turtle Plastron, Tiger Bone (soak each of these two ingredients in vinegar overnight; then roast them while dipping in vinegar until golden brown), Cistanche (soaked in wine overnight),Achyranthes root (soaked in wine overnight), Trichosanthes seed (shell removed), Frankincense (ground separately), Myrrh (ground separately), Dipsacus root (hairs removed), Natural copper (quenched in vinegar 7 times), and Cudrania root (roasted)—each in equal parts.

Source

From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed using a paste made by boiling the wine used to soak Cistanche and Achyranthes with flour.

Benefits

For men and women suffering from pain in the lower back and knees, stiffness of tendons and meridians, and difficulty walking.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills each time, washed down with warm wine before meals.

Bai Bei Pills,From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 4.,For men and women suffering from pain in the lower back and knees, stiffness of tendons and meridians, and difficulty walking.

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