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Purple Stone Pills,Kidney deficiency, emaciation, loss of appetite, wasting of skin and bones with weakness, and pain in the lower back and legs.

Formulas Name : Purple Stone Pills

Chinese Name : 紫石丸

Drug Formulation

1 liang of purple quartz (finely ground, washed with water), 2 liang of Cistanche deserticola (soaked in wine overnight, peel removed, roasted until dry), 1 liang of white quartz (finely ground, washed with water), 2 liang of magnetite (quenched in vinegar 7 times, finely ground, washed with water), deer antler (hair removed, roasted with butter until dry),Dodder Seed 2 liang (soaked for 3 days, sun-dried, and ground into powder), Ginseng 1 liang (root base removed), Astragalus 1 liang,2 liang of stalactite powder, 2 liang of prepared Rehmannia root, 1.5 liang of Morinda officinalis, 1 liang of Poria cocos, 1 liang of Psoralea corylifolia (roasted), 1 liang of Rubus chingii, 2 liang of Aconite root (processed, peel and navel removed), 1 liang of Eucommia ulmoides (peeled, roasted), 1 liang of Asparagus cochinchinensis (core removed), 2 liang of Angelica sinensis,Schisandra 1 liang, Dendrobium 2 liang, Cinnamon Bark 1 liang, Cypress Seed Kernel 1 liang, Cnidium 1 liang, Prickly Ash 1 liang, Achyranthes 2 liang (core removed), Dipsacus 1 liang, and Goose Gizzard 1 liang (soaked in wine).

Source

From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 32.

Processing

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

Benefits

Kidney deficiency, emaciation, loss of appetite, wasting of skin and bones with weakness, and pain in the lower back and legs.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills per dose, gradually increasing to 50 pills; take on an empty stomach or before the evening meal, washed down with warm wine.

Purple Stone Pills,From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 32.,Kidney deficiency, emaciation, loss of appetite, wasting of skin and bones with weakness, and pain in the lower back and legs.

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