Four Jin Pills

Four Jin Pills,For beriberi.

Formulas Name : Four Jin Pills

Chinese Name : 大四斤丸

Drug Formulation

Dried papaya (seeds removed, sliced, and roasted) 1 jin; Gastrodia (chopped) 1 jin; Achyranthes (chopped and roasted) 1 jin;Cistanche (washed, sliced, and roasted) 1 jin (soaked in 5 sheng of fine wine for 3 days), cooked Aconite root 2 liang, tiger bone (roasted with butter) 2 liang, Angelica sinensis 3 fen, frankincense half a liang, myrrh half a liang, Wulingzhi half a liang, musk 1 qian.

Source

*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 4.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with the medicinal wine to form a paste, then roll into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For beriberi.

Instructions for Use

Take 30–40 pills per dose, washed down with a decoction of wood apple.

Four Jin Pills,*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 4.,For beriberi.

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