Guyuan Pills

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.

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.

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.

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