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Nourishing Pills

Formulas Name : Nourishing Pills

Chinese Name : 补养丸

Drug Formulation

Dodder Seed (washed and ground into powder) 4 liang, Broken Paper Bark (roasted until fragrant) 1 liang, Amomum Seed 1 liang, Eucommia Bark 1 liang (peeled, mixed evenly with natural ginger juice, and roasted until the fibers break), Chinese Yam 1 liang (chopped into small pieces and roasted until golden), Fennel Seed 1.5 liang (roasted until fragrant), Atractylodes Rhizome 2 liang (soaked in rice washing water, sliced, and roasted with wheat bran).

Source

From *Formulas of the Ruizhutang*, Volume 1.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with wine paste to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Instructions for Use

Take 50 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine or salted water.

Nourishing Pills,From *Formulas of the Ruizhutang*, Volume 1.,

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