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Blood-Nourishing, Tendon-Strengthening, and Gait-Enhancing Pills,For deficiency of both qi and blood, resulting in weakness and limpness of both legs, inability to walk, and prolonged bed rest.

Formulas Name : Blood-Nourishing, Tendon-Strengthening, and Gait-Enhancing Pills

Chinese Name : 养血壮筋健步丸

Drug Formulation

Astragalus (stir-fried in salt water) 1 liang, Chinese yam 1 liang, Schisandra berries 1 liang, Polygonum multiflorum (stir-fried in salt water) 1 liang, Ginseng 1 liang, White peony root (stir-fried in wine) 1 liang 5 fen, Prepared rehmannia root 4 liang, Goji berries 1 liang, Achyranthes root (soaked in wine) 2 liang, Cuscuta seeds (stir-fried in wine) 1 liang, Sichuan angelica root 2 liang (washed in wine),Atractylodes macrocephala 1 liang (roasted), Eucommia ulmoides (roasted with ginger juice) 2 liang, Tiger leg bone (roasted with ghee) 1 liang, Turtle shell (roasted with ghee) 1 liang, Atractylodes lancea (soaked in rice water) 3 liang, Phellodendron amurense (roasted with salt water) 2 liang, Saposhnikovia divaricata 6 qian (washed with wine), Notopterygium incisum 5 qian (washed with wine), Stephania tetrandra 5 qian (washed with wine).

Source

*Gujin Yijian* (A Mirror of Medicine Through the Ages), Volume 10.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Use 7 strands of pig spinal cord and refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For deficiency of both qi and blood, resulting in weakness and limpness of both legs, inability to walk, and prolonged bed rest.

Instructions for Use

Take 100 pills per dose on an empty stomach, washed down with salted water.

Blood-Nourishing, Tendon-Strengthening, and Gait-Enhancing Pills,*Gujin Yijian* (A Mirror of Medicine Through the Ages), Volume 10.,For deficiency of both qi and blood, resulting in weakness and limpness of both legs, inability to walk, and prolonged bed rest.

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