Great Tonifying Powder

Great Tonifying Powder,For deficiency-related wasting disorders characterized by fatigue and poor appetite; for deficiency-related depletion of the Nutritive Qi, with seminal emission and frequent startles, and depletion of the Nutritive and Defensive Qi.

Formulas Name : Great Tonifying Powder

Chinese Name : 大补益散

Drug Formulation

Cistanche deserticola 8 liang, dried jujube pulp 8 liang, Dendrobium 8 liang, goji berries 1 jin, dodder seeds 5 liang,续断 5 liang, polygala 5 liang (with seeds removed), Aconite root 3 liang (roasted, peel removed), dried rehmannia 10 liang.

Source

*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 15.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder.

Benefits

For deficiency-related wasting disorders characterized by fatigue and poor appetite; for deficiency-related depletion of the Nutritive Qi, with seminal emission and frequent startles, and depletion of the Nutritive and Defensive Qi.

Instructions for Use

Take one fangcun bi per dose, washed down with wine, twice daily.

Great Tonifying Powder,*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 15.,For deficiency-related wasting disorders characterized by fatigue and poor appetite; for deficiency-related depletion of the Nutritive Qi, with seminal emission and frequent startles, and depletion of the Nutritive and Defensive Qi.

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