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Changchun Zhenren’s Life-Preserving Dietary Formula

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Changchun Zhenren’s Life-Preserving Dietary Formula,For various forms of deficiency and debility, the “Five Consumptions” and “Seven Injuries,” weakness in the limbs, numbness in the hands and feet, depletion of blood and vital energy, sallow complexion and emaciation, erectile dysfunction, dizziness and nausea, and reduced appetite.

Formulas Name : Changchun Zhenren’s Life-Preserving Dietary Formula

Chinese Name : 长春真人保命服食方

Drug Formulation

Poria cocos (peeled) 4 liang, Asparagus root (core removed) 4 liang, Chinese yam (stir-fried with ginger juice) 4 liang, Huai-style prepared Rehmannia root 4 liang, Polygonum multiflorum (avoid contact with iron; steam and sun-dry 9 times as described above) 4 liang,Goji berries (from Ganzhou, stems removed, cleaned) 4 liang, dried ginger (roasted) 2 liang, fennel seeds (stir-fried) 1 liang, a pinch of rock salt, lotus seeds (peeled and pitted) half a jin, Ophiopogon tuber (core removed) 4 liang,Deer Antler Gelatin 4 liang, Deer Antler Powder 4 liang, Polygonum Multiflorum 4 liang (stir-fried with 1 liang of sesame oil), Large Walnuts (shelled and skinned) half a jin, Gallnuts 10 pieces, Eclipta Prostrata (sun-dried, finely ground) 1 jin, Fresh Millet 1 sheng (ground into powder; mix with 2 jin of cow’s milk, stir the millet flour into a paste, and boil to form medicinal paste pills).

Source

From *Yi Bian*, Volume 1.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder and use the aforementioned rice paste to form pills the size of a marble; each pill weighs 5 qian when moist and approximately 3 qian when dry.

Benefits

For various forms of deficiency and debility, the “Five Consumptions” and “Seven Injuries,” weakness in the limbs, numbness in the hands and feet, depletion of blood and vital energy, sallow complexion and emaciation, erectile dysfunction, dizziness and nausea, and reduced appetite.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill per dose, dissolved in boiling water, twice daily. Whether at home or away, children take 1 dose, the elderly take 2 doses; the dosage is the same for both men and women.

Changchun Zhenren’s Life-Preserving Dietary Formula,From *Yi Bian*, Volume 1.,For various forms of deficiency and debility, the “Five Consumptions” and “Seven Injuries,” weakness in the limbs, numbness in the hands and feet, depletion of blood and vital energy, sallow complexion and emaciation, erectile dysfunction, dizziness and nausea, and reduced appetite.

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