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Immortal Five-Seed Pills

Formulas Name : Immortal Five-Seed Pills

Chinese Name : 神仙五子丸

Drug Formulation

1 liang of Rubus fruit, 1 liang of Schisandra berries, 1 liang of Cnidium seeds (tossed with vinegar, soaked, then stir-fried until dry), 1 liang of Cuscuta seeds (soaked in wine for 3 days, then baked until dry), 1 liang of Morinda root (core removed), 1 liang of Poria cocos, 1 liang of Dipsacus root, 1 liang of Cistanche, 1 liang of Achyranthes root (these two ingredients soaked in wine for two nights, then baked until dry),Goji berries 1 liang, dried Chinese yam 1 liang, prepared dried Rehmannia root (finely sliced and oven-dried) 1 liang, cinnamon bark (peeled) 1 liang, areca nut 1 liang, black Aconite root (roasted until cracked, peeled) 1 liang, Bitter Orange fruit 1 liang (stir-fried with wheat bran), dried ginger 1 liang (roasted).

Source

From *Yanxia Shengxiao Fang*, cited in *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 153.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Instructions for Use

Take 20–30 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine on an empty stomach. After 10 days of taking the medicine, vitality will be restored; after half a month, yang energy will prevail; after 20 days, the essence will be fortified; after one month, both vitality and strength will be robust, the skin will be smooth and lustrous, one will feel neither cold in winter nor hot in summer, white hair will turn black again, and one will appear as youthful as a child. When taken by women, it will make the body warm and supple.

Immortal Five-Seed Pills,From *Yanxia Shengxiao Fang*, cited in *Yifang Leiju*, Volume 153.,

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