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Five-Ingredient Ginseng Tonifying Powder

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Five-Ingredient Ginseng Tonifying Powder,For the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries,” characterized by emaciation, body heat, dry and withered skin and hair, pain and fatigue in the limbs, loss of appetite, tinnitus due to qi deficiency, frequent and urgent bowel movements, phlegm-induced cough, and night sweats.

Formulas Name : Five-Ingredient Ginseng Tonifying Powder

Chinese Name : 人参五补散

Drug Formulation

2 fen of Ginseng, 1 liang of Astragalus, 1 liang of Angelica sinensis (soaked in wine), 1 liang of Wood Fragrance (raw), 1 liang of Chuanxiong, 2 liang of Raw Rehmannia (roasted with wine), 1 liang of Mulberry Bark, 1 liang of Qin Jiao (stem removed), 1 liang of Atractylodes macrocephala, 2 liang of White Peony, half a liang of Agarwood, 1 liang of Aster tataricus,1 liang of Bupleurum (stem removed), 1 liang of Asparagus root (core removed), 3 liang of licorice (roasted), 1 liang of Angelica dahurica, 1 liang of Pinellia (washed 14 times in boiling water, ground into powder, formed into cakes with ginger juice, and roasted).

Source

*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 228.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder.

Benefits

For the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries,” characterized by emaciation, body heat, dry and withered skin and hair, pain and fatigue in the limbs, loss of appetite, tinnitus due to qi deficiency, frequent and urgent bowel movements, phlegm-induced cough, and night sweats.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 qian per dose; add 1 zhan of water, 3 slices of fresh ginger, and 1 jujube; decoct until reduced to 8 fen; take while warm, at any time.

Five-Ingredient Ginseng Tonifying Powder,*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 228.,For the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries,” characterized by emaciation, body heat, dry and withered skin and hair, pain and fatigue in the limbs, loss of appetite, tinnitus due to qi deficiency, frequent and urgent bowel movements, phlegm-induced cough, and night sweats.

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