Boiled Liver Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 87.，Cold-induced debility. Abdominal pain with diarrhea, sallow and haggard complexion, and weakness in the limbs.
Boiled Liver Pills
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Formulas Name : Boiled Liver Pills
Chinese Name : 煮肝丸
Drug Formulation
1 male pig liver (simmer in 3 sheng of rice vinegar until the vinegar is completely reduced), 2 liang of white alum (calcined and ground), 2 liang of Bupleurum (stems removed), 1 liang of Magnolia Bark (coarse bark removed, coated with ginger juice, and thoroughly roasted), 1 liang of Dried Ginger (cracked and roasted), 1 liang of Coptis (stems removed), 1 liang of Aged Tangerine Peel (white pith removed, baked),Cinnamon Bark (with coarse bark removed) half liang, Aconite Root (cracked by roasting, with skin and pith removed) half liang.
Source
*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 87.
Processing
Take the above 9 ingredients; pound and sift 8 of them into a fine powder. Boil pork liver in vinegar until extremely tender, then mix in 5 spoonfuls of wheat flour. Bring to a boil three to five times, add the powdered herbs all at once, mix well, and pound into pills the size of mung beans; then bake until dry.
Benefits
Cold-induced debility. Abdominal pain with diarrhea, sallow and haggard complexion, and weakness in the limbs.
Instructions for Use
Take 7 pills each time on an empty stomach with warm wine; take another dose after the evening meal. If not drinking wine, take with ginger and salt broth. For severe cases, no more than 3 doses are required.
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Boiled Liver Pills,Cold-induced debility. Abdominal pain with diarrhea, sallow and haggard complexion, and weakness in the limbs.