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Miraculous Light-Foot Pills,Relieves rheumatic arthralgia, weakness and stiffness in the legs and knees, pain in the lower back and legs, swelling and fullness in the shins, numbness and loss of sensation, or persistent sores.

Formulas Name : Miraculous Light-Foot Pills

Chinese Name : 奇应轻脚丸

Drug Formulation

1 ripe papaya (cut open with a bamboo knife, use the top as a lid, scoop out the pulp, fill with cooked mugwort, steam until tender, slice thinly, and dry in the sun), 1 liang Cistanche (soaked in wine overnight, soil removed), 1 liang Fangfeng (with forked roots removed), 1 liang Achyranthes (soaked in wine overnight),Golden-haired Dogspine (hairs removed) 1 liang, Sichuan Smilax 1 liang, Rock Salt (ground separately) 1 liang, Sea-tong Bark 1 liang, Sichuan Aconite 4 liang (raw, with skin and pith removed).

Source

From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix the Aconite powder with a paste made from flour boiled in wine to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

Relieves rheumatic arthralgia, weakness and stiffness in the legs and knees, pain in the lower back and legs, swelling and fullness in the shins, numbness and loss of sensation, or persistent sores.

Instructions for Use

Take 10–15 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine or salted broth on an empty stomach.

Miraculous Light-Foot Pills,From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 8.,Relieves rheumatic arthralgia, weakness and stiffness in the legs and knees, pain in the lower back and legs, swelling and fullness in the shins, numbness and loss of sensation, or persistent sores.

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