Guanyin Pills,From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 20.,For blindness caused by internal or external cataracts, or for cataracts on the verge of developing glaucoma, or for pain caused by red blood vessels.
Guanyin Pills
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Formulas Name : Guanyin Pills
Chinese Name : 观音丸
Drug Formulation
2 qian of dragon’s blood, 2 qian of bear bile (ground), half a liang of ginseng, half a liang of snake shed (washed in soapberry water, soaked in fresh tile water), 1 liang of Eupatorium (knots removed, soaked in children’s urine, sun-dried), 1 liang of Atractylodes (soaked in children’s urine for two nights, sun-dried), 1 liang of Wilfordia,1 liang of Eagle-Claw Coptis (stems removed), 1 liang of Lycium Bark (washed and sun-dried), 1 liang of Vitex Seed, 1 liang of Leonurus Seed, 1 liang of Plantain Seed, 1 liang of Chuanxiong, 1 liang of Angelica Root, 1 liang of Notopterygium, 1 liang of Cicada Shed Skin (washed and sun-dried), 1 liang of Oyster Shell (calcined until half-raw), 20 sheets of silkworm-shed paper(roasted until charred).
Source
From *Zhi Zhi*, Volume 20.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take one whole goat liver, remove the tendons and membranes, and simmer over low heat until half-cooked. While still bloody, pound it together with the medicine. Cook millet flour in the liver juice to make a paste, then use it to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.
Benefits
For blindness caused by internal or external cataracts, or for cataracts on the verge of developing glaucoma, or for pain caused by red blood vessels.
Instructions for Use
Take 70–80 pills per dose, washed down with warm rice water or a decoction of Acorus tatarinowii; take regularly after meals.
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Guanyin Pills,For blindness caused by internal or external cataracts, or for cataracts on the verge of developing glaucoma, or for pain caused by red blood vessels.