Tongguan Pills，From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 2.，Heat in the blood of the lower jiao, with no thirst but difficulty urinating. Kidney deficiency with rising heat, weakness in the legs and knees, genital atrophy and genital sweating, upward surging of the Chong Pulse causing shortness of breath, and pathogenic heat in the lower jiao.
Tongguan Pills
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Formulas Name : Tongguan Pills
Chinese Name : 通关丸
Drug Formulation
Phellodendron bark (peeled, chopped, washed with wine, and roasted) 1 liang; Anemarrhena rhizome (chopped, washed with wine, and roasted dry) 1 liang; Cinnamon bark 0.5 fen.
Source
From *Lan Shi Mi Cang*, Volume 2.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; mix with boiled water to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.
Benefits
Heat in the blood of the lower jiao, with no thirst but difficulty urinating. Kidney deficiency with rising heat, weakness in the legs and knees, genital atrophy and genital sweating, upward surging of the Chong Pulse causing shortness of breath, and pathogenic heat in the lower jiao.
Instructions for Use
Take 100 pills per dose, washed down with plain hot water on an empty stomach. After taking the medicine, stamp your feet to help the medicine descend; if urination becomes easy and a stabbing pain like a knife is felt in the perineum, the expulsion of foul discharge is a sign that the treatment is effective.
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Tongguan Pills,Heat in the blood of the lower jiao, with no thirst but difficulty urinating. Kidney deficiency with rising heat, weakness in the legs and knees, genital atrophy and genital sweating, upward surging of the Chong Pulse causing shortness of breath, and pathogenic heat in the lower jiao.