Ginseng-Enhanced Eight-Ingredient Pill

Ginseng-Enhanced Eight-Ingredient Pill,Difficult urination due to yin deficiency, as well as cold-type dysuria.

Formulas Name : Ginseng-Enhanced Eight-Ingredient Pill

Chinese Name : 加参八味丸

Drug Formulation

8 liang of Prepared Rehmannia Root, 4 liang of Chinese Yam, 4 liang of Cornus Officinalis, 3 liang of Alisma, 3 liang of Red Poria, 3 liang of Peony Bark, 2 liang of Cinnamon Bark (without bark), 2 liang of Aconite Root, 2 liang of Scrophularia Root, and 2 liang of Red Peony Root.

Source

From *New Book on the Care of Infants* (Vol. 30), citing a formula by Song Yishu.

Processing

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

Benefits

Difficult urination due to yin deficiency, as well as cold-type dysuria.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills per dose, washed down with Red Poria Decoction, three times daily; for children, use pills the size of mung beans and adjust the dosage accordingly.

Ginseng-Enhanced Eight-Ingredient Pill,From *New Book on the Care of Infants* (Vol. 30), citing a formula by Song Yishu.,Difficult urination due to yin deficiency, as well as cold-type dysuria.

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