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Taiyi Golden Lock Pill

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Taiyi Golden Lock Pill,For instability of vital energy, various deficiencies and debilities, various Qi disorders, and chronic, debilitating cold-related ailments.

Formulas Name : Taiyi Golden Lock Pill

Chinese Name : 太一金锁丹

Drug Formulation

Stalactite (coarsely crushed, thoroughly rinsed; 1 handful of light bamboo leaves; half a liang of Sanguisorba officinalis, chopped. Place all ingredients in a sand-lined cauldron and boil in water for 1 fu; remove the stalactite, rinse thoroughly, grind to a fine powder, wash with water to separate the fine particles, and continue grinding nonstop for 3 days until it becomes as fine as flour and makes no sound; then bake) 2 liang; Euryale seed (with shell, sun-dried) 1 liang; soybean sprouts (lightly roasted) 1 liang;Morinda root (with core removed) 1 liang, Aconite root (roasted until cracked, with skin and navel removed) 1 liang, Psoralea seed (thoroughly roasted) 1 liang, Deer antler (dehaired, coated with butter and roasted) 1 liang, Cistanche (soaked in wine overnight, wrinkled skin removed, sliced, steamed until soft, ground into a paste) 3 liang.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 185.

Processing

Take the above 8 ingredients (excluding the paste), pound and sift them into a fine powder, then add the Cistanche paste and pound together a thousand or so times. If the mixture is too hard, add refined honey and continue pounding until it forms pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For instability of vital energy, various deficiencies and debilities, various Qi disorders, and chronic, debilitating cold-related ailments.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills per dose on an empty stomach or before bedtime, washed down with warm salted wine.

Taiyi Golden Lock Pill,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 185.,For instability of vital energy, various deficiencies and debilities, various Qi disorders, and chronic, debilitating cold-related ailments.

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