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Cistanche Pills,For deficiency of the lower jiao, abdominal pain, and loss of appetite.

Formulas Name : Cistanche Pills

Chinese Name : 肉苁蓉丸

Drug Formulation

Cistanche deserticola 2 jin (soaked in wine for 3 days, finely sliced, and dried in an oven).

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 185.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Boil half of the powder with strong wine to make a paste; mix the remaining half with the paste in a mortar and roll into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For deficiency of the lower jiao, abdominal pain, and loss of appetite.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills per dose, gradually increasing to 30 pills; take on an empty stomach before meals with warm wine or rice water.

Cistanche Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 185.,For deficiency of the lower jiao, abdominal pain, and loss of appetite.

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