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Eight Treasures Paste

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Eight Treasures Paste,For consumptive wasting disease.

Formulas Name : Eight Treasures Paste

Chinese Name : 八珍膏

Drug Formulation

1 bowl of pear juice, 1 bowl of radish juice, 1 bowl of lotus root juice, 1 bowl each of concentrated and diluted decoctions made from phellodendron branches (pounded and simmered in a child’s urine), and 1 bowl of breast milk.

Source

From *Lu Fu’s Prohibited Formulas*, Volume 1.

Processing

Simmer all ingredients together into a paste; then add 2 liang of Anemarrhena rhizome and 2 liang of Phellodendron bark, ground into a powder, and stir into the paste until well blended.

Benefits

For consumptive wasting disease.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 teaspoons per dose, washed down with plain water.

Eight Treasures Paste,From *Lu Fu’s Prohibited Formulas*, Volume 1.,For consumptive wasting disease.

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