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Inner Solid Dan

Formulas Name : Inner Solid Dan

Chinese Name : 内固丹

Drug Formulation

Cistanche (soaked in wine), fennel (roasted) 2 liang, Polygonum multiflorum 4 liang, fenugreek (roasted) 4 liang, Morinda officinalis (core removed) 4 liang, black aconite (roasted) 4 liang, Melia azedarach 4 liang, walnut kernels 4 liang (roasted with flour).

Source

*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 12.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Grind the walnut kernels into a paste, mix thoroughly with the remaining powder, and form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed using a paste of wine and flour.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 to 30 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine or salted broth before meals. For those with deficiency, increase the dose to 50–70 pills.

Inner Solid Dan,*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 12.,

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