Kidney-Nourishing and Seed-Nurturing Pills,*Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 6.,
Kidney-Nourishing and Seed-Nurturing Pills
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Formulas Name : Kidney-Nourishing and Seed-Nurturing Pills
Chinese Name : 滋肾种子丸
Drug Formulation
8 liang of large-sized prepared Rehmannia glutinosa (steamed, not simmered; must be pounded into a paste and added separately from the other herbs), 4 liang of large-sized Chinese yam, 4 liang of plantain seeds (washed with wine, sun-dried), 4 liang of cornelian cherry pulp (dried in an oven, not stir-fried), 2 liang of Shayuan tribulus (first washed with water to remove floating debris, then washed with wine and sun-dried),Goji berries 3 liang (dried in an oven; do not stir-fry), Peony bark 3 liang (with a powdery surface; washed with wine and sun-dried), Nine-steamed He Shou Wu 4 liang (steamed with large black beans, not with regular beans; steamed until thoroughly dry), White lotus stamen 1 liang 5 qian (do not use red lotus),2 liang of home-grown water caltrop, 1 liang 5 qian of ginseng, 1 liang of Huai Achyranthes (washed in wine, sun-dried), 2 liang of Sichuan Smilax (white variety, washed in wine, sun-dried), 1 liang 5 qian of Liaoning Schisandra (dried in an oven), 3 liang of Dodder Seed (washed to remove soil, boiled in wine until tender, sun-dried), 1 liang 5 qian of Eucommia (stir-fried with salt water, strings removed),2 liang of fish blubber (stir-fried with clam powder).
Source
*Straight Talk on Pediatrics*, Volume 6.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, then mix with refined white honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.
Instructions for Use
Take 3 qian daily on an empty stomach with boiling water. After taking the medicine, eat and drink as desired to help push the medicine down into the lower abdomen. The treatment must be consistent; do not allow any interruptions.
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Kidney-Nourishing and Seed-Nurturing Pills