Pepper-Kidney Pills，*Shenghui* (Volume 29).，For deficiency-related wasting diseases, internal injury, deficiency and cold of kidney qi, dribbling urine, and seminal emission.
Pepper-Kidney Pills
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Formulas Name : Pepper-Kidney Pills
Chinese Name : 椒肾丸
Drug Formulation
2 liang of Han pepper (remove seeds and any closed pods; lightly roast until slightly sweaty), 1.5 liang of white Atractylodes, 1.5 liang of cinnamon bark (remove wrinkled outer skin), 2 liang of white dragon bone, 1.5 liang of white alum ash, 1.5 liang of mulberry cuttlefish bone (lightly roasted), 2 liang of deer antler (remove hair, coat with butter, and roast until slightly yellow),2 liang of lotus seed heads (raw), 1.5 liang of psoralea (lightly roasted), 1.5 liang of dried ginger (cracked by roasting, then coarsely chopped).
Source
*Shenghui* (Volume 29).
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, add 2 liang of salt crystals, and mix thoroughly. Take 10 wild boar kidneys, trim off the fatty membranes, and grind them until pulpy. Gradually add 2 sheng of wine while simmering until it becomes a thick paste. Then add the medicinal powder, mix well, and pound into pills the size of a paulownia seed.
Benefits
For deficiency-related wasting diseases, internal injury, deficiency and cold of kidney qi, dribbling urine, and seminal emission.
Instructions for Use
Take 30 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine before meals.
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Pepper-Kidney Pills,For deficiency-related wasting diseases, internal injury, deficiency and cold of kidney qi, dribbling urine, and seminal emission.