Heart-Kidney Pills，From *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 4, citing *The Original Formulas*.，For conditions where water and fire are not in harmony, characterized by mental confusion, frequent forgetfulness, palpitations, night sweats, nightmares and fright, dim vision and tinnitus, sadness and melancholy, weakness in the lower back and knees, aching pain in the limbs, frequent urination with red and turbid urine, and seminal emission during dreams.
Heart-Kidney Pills
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Formulas Name : Heart-Kidney Pills
Chinese Name : 心肾丸
Drug Formulation
Achyranthes root (stems removed, soaked in wine) 2 liang, Prepared Rehmannia root (washed, then steamed) 2 liang,Cistanche (soaked in wine) 2 liang, Deer Antler (scorched to remove hair, then roasted with fine wine) 1 liang, Aconite Root (roasted, with skin and pith removed) 1 liang, Schisandra Berry (with stems removed) 1 liang, Ginseng (with root base removed) 1 liang, Polygala (with stems removed, boiled in licorice water, then pounded to remove the central core) 1 liang,Astragalus (honey-roasted) 1 liang, Poria (white, woody core removed) 1 liang, Chinese yam (stir-fried) 1 liang, Angelica sinensis (root tip removed, soaked in wine) 1 liang, Dragon bone (calcined) 1 liang, Cuscuta seed (soaked in wine, steamed, and pressed into cakes) 3 liang.
Source
From *The Great Compendium of Medical Formulas*, Volume 4, citing *The Original Formulas*.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; use the medicinal wine used for soaking the herbs to cook a thin paste, then form it into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.
Benefits
For conditions where water and fire are not in harmony, characterized by mental confusion, frequent forgetfulness, palpitations, night sweats, nightmares and fright, dim vision and tinnitus, sadness and melancholy, weakness in the lower back and knees, aching pain in the limbs, frequent urination with red and turbid urine, and seminal emission during dreams.
Instructions for Use
Take 50–70 pills per dose on an empty stomach, washed down with jujube tea before meals. Take regularly.
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Heart-Kidney Pills,For conditions where water and fire are not in harmony, characterized by mental confusion, frequent forgetfulness, palpitations, night sweats, nightmares and fright, dim vision and tinnitus, sadness and melancholy, weakness in the lower back and knees, aching pain in the limbs, frequent urination with red and turbid urine, and seminal emission during dreams.