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Four-Ingredient Deer Antler Pills

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Four-Ingredient Deer Antler Pills,For deficiency of the liver, kidneys, and Governor Vessel, accompanied by coughing and hemoptysis, a weak and feeble pulse, and heat above and cold below.

Formulas Name : Four-Ingredient Deer Antler Pills

Chinese Name : 四味鹿茸丸

Drug Formulation

1 liang of deer antler (roasted with butter, then pounded into a paste), 1 liang of schisandra berries, 1 liang of angelica root, and 2 liang of prepared rehmannia root.

Source

*Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 13.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with wine to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For deficiency of the liver, kidneys, and Governor Vessel, accompanied by coughing and hemoptysis, a weak and feeble pulse, and heat above and cold below.

Instructions for Use

Take 40–50 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine on an empty stomach.

Four-Ingredient Deer Antler Pills,*Zhang’s Comprehensive Treatise on Medicine*, Volume 13.,For deficiency of the liver, kidneys, and Governor Vessel, accompanied by coughing and hemoptysis, a weak and feeble pulse, and heat above and cold below.

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