Goat Bone Decoction Pills

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Goat Bone Decoction Pills,Indicated for lower back injury and exhaustion, weakness in the lower back and knees, dark, wrinkled skin on the limbs, pain in the tendons and bones, and difficulty walking.

Formulas Name : Goat Bone Decoction Pills

Chinese Name : 羊骨煎丸

Drug Formulation

1 sheep spine, 1 liang of Aconite (roasted until cracked, with skin and pith removed), 1 liang of Areca nut (chopped), 1 liang of Astragalus (honey-fried, chopped),1 liang of Zhi Ke (pulp removed, fried with wheat bran), half a liang of Agarwood (chopped), half a liang of Sichuan Pepper (seeds and stems removed, fried until sweating), half a liang of Cinnamon Bark (coarse bark removed), and half a liang of Frankincense.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 186.

Processing

Of these nine ingredients, grind eight into a fine powder; sift it with 2 liang of realgar. Combine 1 sheng each of medicinal wine and rice vinegar with sheep’s spine bones in a silver vessel, and simmer over alternating high and low heat until the wine and vinegar are completely reduced. Dry in an oven, then grind into a fine powder. Separately, make a paste with wine and flour, mix it with the powder of the eight medicinal ingredients mentioned above, and form into pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

Indicated for lower back injury and exhaustion, weakness in the lower back and knees, dark, wrinkled skin on the limbs, pain in the tendons and bones, and difficulty walking.

Instructions for Use

Take 20–30 pills per dose on an empty stomach; at bedtime, swallow them with warm wine or salted broth.

Goat Bone Decoction Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 186.，Indicated for lower back injury and exhaustion, weakness in the lower back and knees, dark, wrinkled skin on the limbs, pain in the tendons and bones, and difficulty walking.

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