Eight-Ingredient Yin-Nourishing Pills

Category: Formulas

Eight-Ingredient Yin-Nourishing Pills,Consumptive disease.

Formulas Name : Eight-Ingredient Yin-Nourishing Pills

Chinese Name : 滋阴八味丸

Drug Formulation

8 liang of Prepared Rehmannia Root (boiled in clear water, mashed, and added to the formula), 4 liang of Cornus Officinalis (pits removed, mixed with wine, steamed, sun-dried, and stir-fried), 3 liang of Moutan Bark (roasted), 4 liang of Huai Yam (stir-fried until golden),Poria 3 liang (thoroughly mixed with human milk, sun-dried, and roasted), Alisma 2 liang (mixed with lightly salted water and stir-fried), Ophiopogon 3 liang (stir-fried), Schisandra 1 liang (each fruit cut into 2 slices with a copper knife, steamed with honey and wine, sun-dried, and roasted), Cinnamon Bark (coarse outer bark scraped off just before grinding) 1 liang (not exposed to fire), Processed Aconite Root 1 liang (sliced and roasted).

Source

*Feng’s Treasure Chest: Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 11.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mash prepared Rehmannia root until smooth, mix it with the powder, and add refined honey. Pound the mixture thoroughly to form pills.

Benefits

Consumptive disease.

Instructions for Use

Take 4 qian per dose, taken on an empty stomach in the morning. For those with deficient lung qi, take with Shengmai San; for those with superficial heat that has not returned to its source, take with lightly salted water; for those with a predominance of yin deficiency, take with Dushenshen Decoction or plain water.

Eight-Ingredient Yin-Nourishing Pills，*Feng’s Treasure Chest: Miscellaneous Disorders*, Volume 11.，Consumptive disease.

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