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Great Tonifying Heavenly Pill

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Great Tonifying Heavenly Pill,For men and women suffering from deficiency and exhaustion due to overwork, physical emaciation, pain in the lower back and waist, and seminal emission with turbid discharge.

Formulas Name : Great Tonifying Heavenly Pill

Chinese Name : 大补天丸

Drug Formulation

Phellodendron bark (stir-fried with honey until brown) 3 liang, Anemarrhena rhizome (stir-fried with breast milk) 3 liang, Turtle shell (roasted with ghee) 3 liang, Huai-style prepared Rehmannia root 5 liang, Achyranthes root (washed with wine) 1.5 liang, Ophiopogon tuber (core removed) 1.5 liang,Cistanche (washed with wine) 1.5 liang, Tiger Tibia (roasted with ghee) 1.5 liang, Chinese Yam (roasted) 1.5 liang, Poria Sclerotium 1.5 liang, Astragalus (honey-roasted) 1.5 liang, Eucommia (processed) 2 liang, Sweet Goji Berries 2 liang, Polygonum Multiflorum (processed) 2 liang, Ginseng 2 liang, Angelica Sinensis (washed with wine) 1 liang,Asparagus Root 1 liang, Schisandra Berry 1 liang, Huai Rehmannia Root (washed with wine, simmered until soft in a clay pot, then pounded) 1 liang,White Peony Root (wine-fried) 2 liang (use only 1 liang during the winter months), Placenta 1 unit (use the first placenta; wash thoroughly with rice washing water, place in a small earthenware pot, add 1 bowl of water and bring to a boil; allow to cool, then remove and place in a bamboo basket; seal the sides tightly with paper; dry thoroughly and grind into a fine powder; mix evenly with the other herbs).

Source

*Yi Tong*, Volume 48.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; mix with refined honey and 3 strands of pig spinal cord to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For men and women suffering from deficiency and exhaustion due to overwork, physical emaciation, pain in the lower back and waist, and seminal emission with turbid discharge.

Instructions for Use

Take 80 pills per dose on an empty stomach with lightly salted water; in winter, take with wine.

Great Tonifying Heavenly Pill,*Yi Tong*, Volume 48.,For men and women suffering from deficiency and exhaustion due to overwork, physical emaciation, pain in the lower back and waist, and seminal emission with turbid discharge.

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