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Nourishing Yin and Reducing Fire Pills,Three Types of Consumption. Caused by excessive mental exertion, resulting in an imbalance between yin and yang, with thirst above and turbidity below.

Formulas Name : Nourishing Yin and Reducing Fire Pills

Chinese Name : 滋阴降火丸

Drug Formulation

1 liang of Ginseng, 2 liang of Raw Rehmannia, 2 liang of Prepared Rehmannia, 2 liang of Asparagus Root (core removed), 1 liang of Calcined Oyster Shell, 1 liang and 5 qian of Anemarrhena, 2 liang of Phellodendron (honey-fried), 1 liang of Smilax, 2 liang of Ophiopogon (core removed).

Source

*Huoren Xintong*, Volume 2.

Processing

Grind the ginseng, Phellodendron bark, Smilax glabra, and calcined oyster shell into a fine powder. Wash the remaining herbs thoroughly, remove their cores, and rinse them with a mixture of water and wine. Pound them into a paste, shape into honey pills, and make them the size of a tung tree seed.

Benefits

Three Types of Consumption. Caused by excessive mental exertion, resulting in an imbalance between yin and yang, with thirst above and turbidity below.

Instructions for Use

Take 80 pills per dose, washed down with plain hot water.

Nourishing Yin and Reducing Fire Pills,*Huoren Xintong*, Volume 2.,Three Types of Consumption. Caused by excessive mental exertion, resulting in an imbalance between yin and yang, with thirst above and turbidity below.

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