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Changchun Formula,Kidney deficiency with cold essence.

Formulas Name : Changchun Formula

Chinese Name : 长春方

Drug Formulation

1 jin of fish swim bladders (stir-fried with clam powder until they form beads and are extremely charred), 1 jin of cotton seeds (using only the clean kernels; stir-fried after removing oil, then steamed with wine), 8 liang of Dendrobium nobile, 8 liang of white lotus stamen, 1 jin of schisandra berries (seeds and hairs removed, cleaned),4 liang of dodder seeds, 4 liang of Tribulus terrestris, 6 liang of goji berries, and 4 liang of schisandra berries (roasted).

Source

From Volume 2 of Nian’s *Collected Proven Effective Formulas*.

Processing

Grind the above herbs into a powder. Take 5 jin of deer antler, cut into thin slices, and boil in river water for three days and nights. Remove the antler, collect the liquid, and boil it down to a paste. Mix the paste with the herbal powder to form pills the size of a tung tree seed.

Benefits

Kidney deficiency with cold essence.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 qian per dose.

Changchun Formula,From Volume 2 of Nian’s *Collected Proven Effective Formulas*.,Kidney deficiency with cold essence.

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