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Tong Shen San Ling Pills,For various deficiencies of the liver.

Formulas Name : Tong Shen San Ling Pills

Chinese Name : 通神三灵丸

Drug Formulation

Cypress leaves: 4 jin (soak in rice washing water for 7 days, changing the water daily to rinse clean; remove on the 8th day, dry in the shade, then pound into a fine powder); Chrysanthemum flowers: 1 jin (steam for 1 day, sun-dry, then grind into a fine powder); Pine resin: 4 liang (use the type that drips like milk; boil in mulberry wood ash for at least half a day until melted; remove, strain to extract the clear liquid; add fresh water and let it solidify; grind into a powder).

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 186.

Processing

Mix the above ingredients thoroughly, then combine with refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For various deficiencies of the liver.

Instructions for Use

Take 50 pills per dose on an empty stomach or before bedtime, washed down with tea, wine, or warm water.

Tong Shen San Ling Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 186.,For various deficiencies of the liver.

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