Guyuan Pills，*Collected Proven Formulas of the Zhu Family*, Volume 8.，Due to deficiency of primordial qi, kidney water cannot nourish liver wood; both mother and child are deficient, leading to stiffness and contracture of the tendons and vessels.
Guyuan Pills
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Formulas Name : Guyuan Pills
Chinese Name : 固元丸
Drug Formulation
Star anise (roasted) 1 liang, Rubus chingii fruit (soaked in wine) 1 liang, Fennel (roasted) 1 liang, Poria cocos (peeled) 1 liang, Achyranthes bidentata (soaked in wine) 1 liang, Magnetite (heated and quenched in wine 7 times) 1 liang,Dragon’s Tooth (calcined) 1 liang, Psoralea (roasted) 1 liang, Aconite (soaked in 1 liang of rock salt ground into 1 zhan of wine until all the wine is absorbed) 1 liang, Schisandra (steamed in wine, ground) 2 liang, Cuscuta (washed, steamed in wine, ground) 2 liang, Deer Antler (dehaired) 2.5 liang,Cistanche (soaked in wine overnight) 2 liang and a half, Plantain Seed half a liang (roasted through paper), Musk half a qian (ground separately), Stalactite Powder 1 liang and a half, Sichuan Aconite (roasted) 1 liang and a half, Aconite Root (roasted, with skin and pith removed) 1 liang and a half, Cinnamon Bark (with bark removed) 1 liang and a half, Morinda Root (with core removed) 1 liang and a half.
Source
*Collected Proven Formulas of the Zhu Family*, Volume 8.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; mix with deer antler gelatin boiled in wine to form pills the size of a tung tree seed.
Benefits
Due to deficiency of primordial qi, kidney water cannot nourish liver wood; both mother and child are deficient, leading to stiffness and contracture of the tendons and vessels.
Instructions for Use
Take 50–100 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine before meals.
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Guyuan Pills,Due to deficiency of primordial qi, kidney water cannot nourish liver wood; both mother and child are deficient, leading to stiffness and contracture of the tendons and vessels.