Secret-Recipe Angelica Paste，*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 9.，For the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries,” all forms of extreme deficiency and exhaustion, and weakness of the spleen and stomach.
Secret-Recipe Angelica Paste
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Formulas Name : Secret-Recipe Angelica Paste
Chinese Name : 秘传当归膏
Drug Formulation
Angelica sinensis (washed with wine) 1 jin 6 liang, Raw Rehmannia 1 jin (washed with wine), Prepared Rehmannia 3 liang (washed with wine), Coix seed 8 liang (stir-fried with rice flour), White Peony root 1 jin (stir-fried with flour), Poria cocos 12 liang, Atractylodes macrocephala 1 jin, Lotus seed 4 liang (de-seeded), Chinese yam 5 liang,Ginseng 4 liang (washed before use), Licorice 3 liang, Goji Berries 1 jin 4 liang (Ganzhou variety is best), Fritillaria 3 liang (cores removed), Lycium Bark 4 liang, Ophiopogon 5 liang (cores removed), Asparagus Root 2 liang (cores removed), Schisandra 1 liang, Amber 1 qian 2 fen.
Source
*Zhi Zhi*, Volume 9.
Processing
Finely chop all the ingredients, mix thoroughly, and simmer over low heat with 10 jin of water. Add another 10 jin of water, and repeat this process four times. Strain out the residue, retain the liquid, and simmer over alternating low and medium heat until the desired consistency is reached. Add 4 liang of refined, purified honey per jin of liquid in spring, 5 liang in summer, and 6 liang in winter, and boil until it forms a paste.
Benefits
For the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries,” all forms of extreme deficiency and exhaustion, and weakness of the spleen and stomach.
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Secret-Recipe Angelica Paste,For the “Five Labors and Seven Injuries,” all forms of extreme deficiency and exhaustion, and weakness of the spleen and stomach.