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Pill for Transcending the World

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Pill for Transcending the World,For paralysis and pain, prolonged bedrest, or serious illnesses causing restlessness in the limbs, difficulty walking, poor appetite, insomnia, or pain extending to the tendons and bones.

Formulas Name : Pill for Transcending the World

Chinese Name : 度世丹

Drug Formulation

Goji berries, Chrysanthemum flowers (remove calyx), Polygala (use the root tip; pound to break open and remove the core), Plantain seeds, Raw Rehmannia root (use dried; remove the root stalk), Morinda root, Rubus fruit, Atractylodes, Cistanche (select fleshy specimens; soak in wine for 7 days),Acorus tatarinowii (small, with 9 nodes), Dipsacus asper, Cuscuta chinensis (soaked in wine for 7 days and nights, sun-dried, then stir-fried until yellow), Achyranthes bidentata (stem removed, soaked in wine for 7 days), Asarum sieboldii (stems removed), Polygonum multiflorum, and Lycium barbarum bark (soil removed)—each in equal parts.

Source

*Eight Notes on Nurturing Life*, Volume 17.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For paralysis and pain, prolonged bedrest, or serious illnesses causing restlessness in the limbs, difficulty walking, poor appetite, insomnia, or pain extending to the tendons and bones.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine on an empty stomach.

Note

Abstain from excessive desires.

Pill for Transcending the World,*Eight Notes on Nurturing Life*, Volume 17.,For paralysis and pain, prolonged bedrest, or serious illnesses causing restlessness in the limbs, difficulty walking, poor appetite, insomnia, or pain extending to the tendons and bones.

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