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Peng Zu’s Secret Elixir for Prolonging Life

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Peng Zu’s Secret Elixir for Prolonging Life,For deficiency-cold in the lower jiao, the five types of exhaustion and seven types of injury, hemiplegia, or deficiency-cold in the lower body, bladder disorders, soreness and numbness in the feet and knees, erectile dysfunction, women’s red or white leukorrhea, metrorrhagia, sandy dysuria, and sores or boils in the lower body.

Formulas Name : Peng Zu’s Secret Elixir for Prolonging Life

Chinese Name : 彭祖秘服接命丹

Drug Formulation

10 liang of He Shou Wu, 10 liang of White Poria, 10 liang of Red Poria, 10 liang of Dodder Seed, 10 liang of Achyranthes Root, 10 liang of Broken Paper Bark, 10 liang of Rubus Fruit, and 10 liang of Angelica Root.

Source

From Volume 2 of Nian Shi’s *Collected Proven Effective Formulas*.

Processing

Grind the above herbs into a fine powder without using iron utensils; mix with refined honey and rice wine to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For deficiency-cold in the lower jiao, the five types of exhaustion and seven types of injury, hemiplegia, or deficiency-cold in the lower body, bladder disorders, soreness and numbness in the feet and knees, erectile dysfunction, women’s red or white leukorrhea, metrorrhagia, sandy dysuria, and sores or boils in the lower body.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 qian per dose on an empty stomach with rice wine; take three doses daily—morning, noon, and evening. After seven days, increase each dose to 3 qian.

Note

Avoid consuming blood; avoid rapeseed, rapeseed oil, and radishes.

Peng Zu’s Secret Elixir for Prolonging Life,From Volume 2 of Nian Shi’s *Collected Proven Effective Formulas*.,For deficiency-cold in the lower jiao, the five types of exhaustion and seven types of injury, hemiplegia, or deficiency-cold in the lower body, bladder disorders, soreness and numbness in the feet and knees, erectile dysfunction, women’s red or white leukorrhea, metrorrhagia, sandy dysuria, and sores or boils in the lower body.

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