Cistanche and Achyranthes Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 96.，For a cold and deficient bladder with frequent urination.
Cistanche and Achyranthes Pills
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Formulas Name : Cistanche and Achyranthes Pills
Chinese Name : 苁蓉牛膝丸
Drug Formulation
Cistanche (soaked in wine overnight, sliced, and roasted) 1 liang,Achyranthes Root (soaked in wine overnight, sliced, and roasted) 1 liang, Psoralea Seed (soaked in wine overnight, stir-fried) 1 liang, Morinda Root (with core removed) 1 liang, Notopterygium Root (with root tip removed) 1 liang, Aconite Root (roasted until cracked, with skin and navel removed) 1 liang, Sichuan Pepper (with seeds and closed ends removed, stir-fried until sweating) 1 liang.
Source
*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 96.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take one wild boar kidney, remove the tendons and membranes, finely chop it, and grind it into a paste. Mix with the wine used to soak Achyranthes and wheat flour to form a paste, then roll into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.
Benefits
For a cold and deficient bladder with frequent urination.
Instructions for Use
Take 30 pills per dose on an empty stomach or before bedtime, washed down with warm wine.
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Cistanche and Achyranthes Pills,For a cold and deficient bladder with frequent urination.