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Great Strength-Enhancing Pills

Formulas Name : Great Strength-Enhancing Pills

Chinese Name : 大增力丸

Drug Formulation

Large Cistanche (washed in wine, scales and husks removed) 4 liang, Smilax glabra 4 liang, Sichuan Achyranthes 1 liang, Angelica sinensis 1 liang, large eel 1 (weighing 2 jin, roasted until dry).

Source

*Collected Effective Prescriptions*, Volume 2.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder; mix with the natural juice of Polygonatum to form pills for oral administration.

Instructions for Use

Take orally.

Great Strength-Enhancing Pills,*Collected Effective Prescriptions*, Volume 2.,

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