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Four-Ingredient Tonifying Pill

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Four-Ingredient Tonifying Pill,For kidney deficiency.

Formulas Name : Four-Ingredient Tonifying Pill

Chinese Name : 四补丹

Drug Formulation

He Shou Wu (soaked in rice wash: 5 days in spring and autumn, 3 days in summer, 7 days in winter), Atractylodes (peeled; preparation method as above), Ganzhou Goji Berries (soaked in wine overnight), and Fennel (stir-fried with salt until hot)—each in equal parts.

Source

From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 29.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with a paste of wine and flour to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For kidney deficiency.

Instructions for Use

Take 30–40 pills per dose on an empty stomach, washed down with wine.

Four-Ingredient Tonifying Pill,From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 29.,For kidney deficiency.

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