Eight-Ingredient Pills

Eight-Ingredient Pills,For kidney yin deficiency with deficient fire rising upward, causing excessive thirst, a flushed face with cold feet, severe chills, and cough with copious phlegm.

Formulas Name : Eight-Ingredient Pills

Chinese Name : 八味丸

Drug Formulation

Dried Rehmannia 8 liang; Poria, Dioscorea, Cinnamon Twig, Moutan Bark, and Cornus Fruit—4 liang each; Alisma 3 liang; Schisandra 4 liang.

Source

Formula from *Elbow-Back Prescriptions* (Vol. 4); name cited in *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family* (Vol. 2).

Benefits

For kidney yin deficiency with deficient fire rising upward, causing excessive thirst, a flushed face with cold feet, severe chills, and cough with copious phlegm.

Instructions for Use

Decoct with silkworm cocoons and eggplant stems, then take the decoction.

Eight-Ingredient Pills,Formula from *Elbow-Back Prescriptions* (Vol. 4); name cited in *Collected Effective Prescriptions of the Zhu Family* (Vol. 2).,For kidney yin deficiency with deficient fire rising upward, causing excessive thirst, a flushed face with cold feet, severe chills, and cough with copious phlegm.

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