Eight-Spirit Powder

Eight-Spirit Powder,Heaviness in the limbs, weakness in the feet and knees, and cold pain in the bone marrow.

Formulas Name : Eight-Spirit Powder

Chinese Name : 八神散

Drug Formulation

Aconite Root (peeled and navel removed) 1 liang, Monkshood (peeled and navel removed) 2 liang,Wild Aconite 2 liang (all ingredients: cut each into 3 pieces; simmer with 2 liang of salt over low heat for 1 day, then bake until dry), Fangfeng half jin (the above 4 ingredients: all cut into pieces of similar size), Cnidium seeds 2 liang, Datura seeds 2 liang, Lycopodium seeds 2 liang, Evodia fruits 2 liang.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 186.

Processing

Roast the above herbs over low heat until smoke rises; immediately pour them onto a clean surface. Select the four ingredients—Aconite, Fangfeng, and Aconite—and grind them into a fine powder using a mortar and pestle; store in a porcelain box.

Benefits

Heaviness in the limbs, weakness in the feet and knees, and cold pain in the bone marrow.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 qian bi per dose on an empty stomach, mixed with well water. Gradually increase the dose to 3 qian bi per day.

Eight-Spirit Powder,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 186.,Heaviness in the limbs, weakness in the feet and knees, and cold pain in the bone marrow.

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