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Eight-Ingredient Fetal Placenta Pills

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Eight-Ingredient Fetal Placenta Pills,For childhood epilepsy that has persisted for many years, resulting in deficiency of the liver and kidneys, insufficiency of the spleen and lungs, and depletion of heart blood, with symptoms occurring unpredictably.

Formulas Name : Eight-Ingredient Fetal Placenta Pills

Chinese Name : 河车八味丸

Drug Formulation

1 set of Zi He Che (from the firstborn son; wash thoroughly with a decoction of white alum, then simmer until tender with ginger juice and wine), 3 liang of Dadi Huang (simmered until tender with ginger juice, amomum, and wine), 1 liang of purified jujube peel (stir-fried until dry),5 qian of powdered Moutan bark (stir-fried with wine), 5 qian of Xuan Ze Xie (stir-fried dry with salt water), 2 liang of tender deer antler (sliced and stir-fried dry), 1 liang 5 qian of Bai Yun Ling (steamed with breast milk and sun-dried), 5 liang 5 qian of Huai Shan Yao (stir-fried with wine),processed Sichuan Aconite (sliced, oven-dried), green-hulled Cinnamon Bark 7 qian 5 fen (coarse bark removed, ground), Northern Schisandra 2 liang (stems removed, stir-fried until dry), Barley Ophiopogon 1 liang (core removed, stir-fried with glutinous rice).

Source

*Collected Works on Pediatric Medicine*, Volume 2.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a longan seed.

Benefits

For childhood epilepsy that has persisted for many years, resulting in deficiency of the liver and kidneys, insufficiency of the spleen and lungs, and depletion of heart blood, with symptoms occurring unpredictably.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill every morning, dissolved in lightly salted water, followed by food; take one dose of the Epilepsy-Suppressing Pills at noon and again before bedtime.

Eight-Ingredient Fetal Placenta Pills,*Collected Works on Pediatric Medicine*, Volume 2.,For childhood epilepsy that has persisted for many years, resulting in deficiency of the liver and kidneys, insufficiency of the spleen and lungs, and depletion of heart blood, with symptoms occurring unpredictably.

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