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Modified Ruilian Pills

Formulas Name : Modified Ruilian Pills

Chinese Name : 加减瑞莲丸

Drug Formulation

Atractylodes lancea 1 jin (4 liang soaked in wine, 4 liang soaked in rice washing water, 4 liang used raw), Lycium barbarum 2 liang, Coptis chinensis 2 liang, Schisandra chinensis 2 liang (stems removed),Lotus seed 1 jin (remove the core, soak in wine until soft, place inside a pig’s stomach, boil until extremely tender, remove and dry in an oven, grind into powder; reserve the pig’s stomach broth for making pills), Prepared Rehmannia 3 liang (soaked in wine and steamed).

Source

From *Yi Guan*, cited in Volume 331 of *Yi Bu Quan Lu*.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Use the gelatinous residue from boiling the pork stomach and a wine paste to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Instructions for Use

Take 40–50 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine on an empty stomach.

Modified Ruilian Pills,From *Yi Guan*, cited in Volume 331 of *Yi Bu Quan Lu*.,

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