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Bone-Nourishing Decoction Worth Ten Thousand Jin

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Bone-Nourishing Decoction Worth Ten Thousand Jin,For internal exhaustion with shortness of breath, cold hernia with abdominal cramping, abdominal distension and retching, and pain in the lower back and spine.

Formulas Name : Bone-Nourishing Decoction Worth Ten Thousand Jin

Chinese Name : 填骨万金煎

Drug Formulation

30 jin of raw Rehmannia root (extract the juice), 1 jin of licorice, 1 jin of donkey-hide gelatin, 1 jin of Cistanche, 8 liang of sliced white mulberry root bark,2 jin of Ophiopogon tuber, 2 jin of dried Rehmannia root, 1 jin 5 liang of Dendrobium, 3 jin of ox marrow, 10 jin of white honey, 4 dou of clear wine, 3 sheng of hemp seeds, 150 jujubes, 14 liang of Angelica sinensis, 20 liang of dried lacquer, 4 liang of Sichuan pepper, 5 liang of Platycodon root, 5 liang of Schisandra berries, 5 liang of Aconite root, 8 liang of dried ginger,Poria 8 liang, Cinnamon Bark 8 liang, Ginseng 5 liang.

Source

*Qian Jin*, Volume 12.

Processing

First, combine the above herbs with 2 dou 6 sheng of clear wine, add the white bark of the mulberry root, hemp seeds, and jujube gelatin, and mark the liquid level. Then add another 1 dou 4 sheng of wine and boil until the liquid reaches the marked level. Strain out the residue, add the honey, marrow, and Rehmannia juice, and simmer in a copper vessel over the broth. Add the powdered herbs and simmer for about half a day until the mixture is ready to be made into pills. Store in a large jar.

Benefits

For internal exhaustion with shortness of breath, cold hernia with abdominal cramping, abdominal distension and retching, and pain in the lower back and spine.

Instructions for Use

Take one pill the size of a marble three times daily. During the summer months when it is hot, if the flavor changes before boiling, mix the herbs with honey and rehmannia juice to form a powder, then make into pills the size of a paulownia seed. Take 15 pills per dose; if no effect is felt, gradually increase the dose to 30 pills.

Bone-Nourishing Decoction Worth Ten Thousand Jin,*Qian Jin*, Volume 12.,For internal exhaustion with shortness of breath, cold hernia with abdominal cramping, abdominal distension and retching, and pain in the lower back and spine.

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