Tian Zhen Dan，*Medical Inventions*, Volume 7.，For yang deficiency in the lower jiao, chronic cold in the umbilical region and abdomen, legs swollen as large as a dou, scrotum swollen as large as a sheng, and muscles that are hard and do not yield to pressure.
Tian Zhen Dan
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Formulas Name : Tian Zhen Dan
Chinese Name : 天真丹
Drug Formulation
1 liang of agarwood, 1 liang of morinda root (soaked in wine, core removed),Fennel (stir-fried with salt until fragrant; remove salt before use) 1 liang, Smilax glabra (soaked in wine, then stir-fried) 1 liang, Fenugreek (stir-fried until fragrant) 1 liang, Coptis chinensis (stir-fried until fragrant) 1 liang, Eucommia ulmoides (stir-fried to remove fibers) 1 liang, Pharbitis nil (stir-fried until fragrant) 1 liang, Pharbitis nil (stir-fried until black; remove salt) 1 liang, Amber 1 liang, Cinnamon bark half a liang.
Source
*Medical Inventions*, Volume 7.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Use the original medicinal wine used for soaking to make a paste, then form it into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.
Benefits
For yang deficiency in the lower jiao, chronic cold in the umbilical region and abdomen, legs swollen as large as a dou, scrotum swollen as large as a sheng, and muscles that are hard and do not yield to pressure.
Instructions for Use
Take 50 to 70–80 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine on an empty stomach.
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Tian Zhen Dan,For yang deficiency in the lower jiao, chronic cold in the umbilical region and abdomen, legs swollen as large as a dou, scrotum swollen as large as a sheng, and muscles that are hard and do not yield to pressure.