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Jiezhen Dan,For deficiency of the spleen and kidneys, resulting in weakness in the limbs.

Formulas Name : Jiezhen Dan

Chinese Name : 接真丹

Drug Formulation

2 liang of black aconite root, 2 liang of dried ginger, 2 liang of deer antler (dehaired, boiled in wine, sliced, and dried in the oven), 1 liang of sulfur (ground separately), 1 liang of psoralea, 1 liang of cassia bark, 1 liang of fennel, and 1 liang of golden bell fruit.

Source

*Ji Feng*, Volume 12.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with a water-cooked starch paste to form pills the size of a goji berry; coat with cinnabar.

Benefits

For deficiency of the spleen and kidneys, resulting in weakness in the limbs.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills per dose, gradually increasing to 50 pills, with ginger decoction; take one dose before breakfast and one before dinner.

Jiezhen Dan,*Ji Feng*, Volume 12.,For deficiency of the spleen and kidneys, resulting in weakness in the limbs.

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