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Qing Shen Gan Lu Pills,For men and women suffering from deficiency-related wasting diseases, provided the condition has not yet progressed to severe bone wasting or significant muscle wasting.

Formulas Name : Qing Shen Gan Lu Pills

Chinese Name : 清神甘露丸

Drug Formulation

Juice of raw Rehmannia root, raw cow’s milk, and white lotus root juice—each in equal parts (place these three ingredients in a sand or stone vessel and simmer over low-to-medium heat until reduced to a paste; use this paste to bind the following herbs); Ginseng, Atractylodes macrocephala, Coptis chinensis, Coptis teeta, Schisandra chinensis, and Astragalus membranaceus—each in equal parts.

Source

From *The Precious Mirror of Health*, Volume 5.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; use the paste prepared earlier to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For men and women suffering from deficiency-related wasting diseases, provided the condition has not yet progressed to severe bone wasting or significant muscle wasting.

Instructions for Use

Take 30–50 pills per dose, washed down with decocted ginseng broth; take at any time.

Qing Shen Gan Lu Pills,From *The Precious Mirror of Health*, Volume 5.,For men and women suffering from deficiency-related wasting diseases, provided the condition has not yet progressed to severe bone wasting or significant muscle wasting.

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