Da Tusizi Cake

Da Tusizi Cake,For debility and weakness due to deficiency, and chronic cold of the primordial yang.

Formulas Name : Da Tusizi Cake

Chinese Name : 大菟丝饼

Drug Formulation

Dodder seeds (soaked in wine overnight, then pounded separately) 1 liang,Deer antler (dehaired, roasted with butter) 1 liang, Aconite root (roasted until cracked, with skin and pith removed) 1 liang, Alisma 1 liang, Schisandra root 1 liang, Morinda root (with core removed) half a liang, Mulberry cuttlefish bone (roasted) half a liang, Ligusticum root half a liang, Schisandra berry half a liang, Rubus fruit half a liang, Wood fragrant half a liang.

Source

*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 218.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with a paste made from wine and water to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For debility and weakness due to deficiency, and chronic cold of the primordial yang.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine or salted broth on an empty stomach.

Da Tusizi Cake,*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 218.,For debility and weakness due to deficiency, and chronic cold of the primordial yang.

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