Mai-Tu Powder

Mai-Tu Powder,Deficiency of the heart and kidneys, insufficient essence, dry blood, red and turbid urine, dry mouth, restlessness and heat, dizziness, and palpitations.

Formulas Name : Mai-Tu Powder

Chinese Name : 麦菟散

Drug Formulation

Dodder Seed and Ophiopogon, each in equal parts.

Source

Formula from *Compendium of Materia Medica* (Ben Cao Gang Mu), Volume 18; name cited in *Xian Nian Ji* (Collection of Immortal Remedies), Volume 2.

Processing

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

Benefits

Deficiency of the heart and kidneys, insufficient essence, dry blood, red and turbid urine, dry mouth, restlessness and heat, dizziness, and palpitations.

Instructions for Use

Take 70 pills per dose, washed down with lightly salted water.

Mai-Tu Powder,Formula from *Compendium of Materia Medica* (Ben Cao Gang Mu), Volume 18; name cited in *Xian Nian Ji* (Collection of Immortal Remedies), Volume 2.,Deficiency of the heart and kidneys, insufficient essence, dry blood, red and turbid urine, dry mouth, restlessness and heat, dizziness, and palpitations.

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