Body-Preserving Pill，From *Fushou Jingfang*, citing *Yilin Jiyao*.，Thirty-six types of wind, seventy-two kinds of qi disorders, heat above and cold below, soreness and pain in the lower back and knees, fatigue in the hands and feet, a preference for sleep and aversion to food, a withered complexion and emaciated muscles, red and yellow sores and toxic lesions, masses descending into the lower body, intestinal wind, hemorrhoids, and fistulas, trembling speech and slurred speech, paralysis on the left and weakness on the right, aversion to cold and bristling hair, chronic malaria with vomiting and diarrhea, perforated dysentery,erectile dysfunction in men, infertility in women, and the seven types of zhi and eight types of jia.
Body-Preserving Pill
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Formulas Name : Body-Preserving Pill
Chinese Name : 保身丹
Drug Formulation
White areca nut, plantain seed, and hemp seed (lightly roasted)—1 liang each (lightly grind the hemp seeds to remove the husks, then grind separately); prunus mume kernels (soaked in hot water to remove the skin)—2 liang; dodder seed (soaked in wine for two nights, steamed, pounded, sun-dried, peeled, then steamed again with wine)—2 liang; achyranthes root (soaked in wine for two nights)—2 liang;Cornus officinalis (washed with wine to extract the flesh) 2 liang, Chinese yam 2 liang, rhubarb (mixed with wine and steamed until black) 5 liang, Trifoliate orange peel 1 liang, Angelica pubescens 1 liang.
Source
From *Fushou Jingfang*, citing *Yilin Jiyao*.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey, and form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.
Benefits
Thirty-six types of wind, seventy-two kinds of qi disorders, heat above and cold below, soreness and pain in the lower back and knees, fatigue in the hands and feet, a preference for sleep and aversion to food, a withered complexion and emaciated muscles, red and yellow sores and toxic lesions, masses descending into the lower body, intestinal wind, hemorrhoids, and fistulas, trembling speech and slurred speech, paralysis on the left and weakness on the right, aversion to cold and bristling hair, chronic malaria with vomiting and diarrhea, perforated dysentery,erectile dysfunction in men, infertility in women, and the seven types of zhi and eight types of jia.
Instructions for Use
Take 20 pills daily, morning and evening, with rice water, tea, or wine as desired. If diarrhea occurs after taking the medicine, replenish with a soup made from sheep’s tripe and lungs.
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Body-Preserving Pill,Thirty-six types of wind, seventy-two kinds of qi disorders, heat above and cold below, soreness and pain in the lower back and knees, fatigue in the hands and feet, a preference for sleep and aversion to food, a withered complexion and emaciated muscles, red and yellow sores and toxic lesions, masses descending into the lower body, intestinal wind, hemorrhoids, and fistulas, trembling speech and slurred speech, paralysis on the left and weakness on the right, aversion to cold and bristling hair, chronic malaria with vomiting and diarrhea, perforated dysentery,erectile dysfunction in men, infertility in women, and the seven types of zhi and eight types of jia.