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Formula for Preserving Youth and Nourishing the Mind

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Formula for Preserving Youth and Nourishing the Mind

Formulas Name : Formula for Preserving Youth and Nourishing the Mind

Chinese Name : 驻颜益心神方

Drug Formulation

Half a jin of prepared dried Rehmannia root, 4 liang of Achyranthes root (stems removed), half a jin of apricot kernels (soaked in hot water, skinned, tips and double kernels removed, lightly roasted, and ground into a paste), and 3 liang of dodder seeds (soaked in wine for 3 days, sun-dried, and ground separately into a powder).

Source

From *Shenghui*, Volume 41.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Instructions for Use

Take 40 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine before meals.

Note

Avoid raw scallions, garlic, and radishes.

Formula for Preserving Youth and Nourishing the Mind,From *Shenghui*, Volume 41.,

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