Tonifying Cistanche and Otter Liver Pills，*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 86.，Kidney deficiency with consumptive syndrome, lower back pain and deafness, yellowing of the eyes and eye pain, a persistently sallow or dark complexion, weakness and restlessness in the limbs, phlegm-fluid retention with qi stagnation, and aching pain in the joints.
Tonifying Cistanche and Otter Liver Pills
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Formulas Name : Tonifying Cistanche and Otter Liver Pills
Chinese Name : 补益苁蓉獭肝丸
Drug Formulation
Cistanche (soaked in wine, sliced, and baked) 2 liang, otter liver (roasted with butter) 1 piece,Bupleurum (stems removed) 1.5 liang, Gentiana (stems and soil removed) 1.5 liang, Angelica (sliced, baked) 1.5 liang, Dendrobium (roots removed) 1.5 liang, Poria (black skin removed) 1.5 liang, Alisma 1.5 liang, Aconite (roasted until cracked, skin and navel removed) 1.5 liang, Polygala (core removed) 2 liang,Morinda root (with core removed) 2 liang, Tribulus fruit (roasted, horns removed) 1 liang, Prepared Rehmannia root (roasted) 1 liang, Magnolia bark (coarse bark removed, roasted with ginger juice) 1 liang, Schisandra berries (roasted) 1 liang, Cinnamon bark (coarse bark removed) 1 liang, Peach kernels (skin, tip, and double kernels removed, roasted) 1 liang, Cloves 1 liang, Wood fragrant 1 liang,Yam 1 liang, Peony Root 1 liang, Aged Tangerine Peel (soaked to remove the white pith, then baked) 1 liang, Red Ocher (ground) 1 liang, Areca Nut (chopped) 1 liang, White Atractylodes (roasted) 1 liang, Dried Ginger (roasted) 1 liang, Prunus mume Seed (soaked in hot water to remove skin and tip, then ground) 1 liang, Licorice (roasted, chopped) 1 liang,Peony Bark 1 liang, Sichuan Pepper (seeds and closed pods removed, stir-fried until sweating) 1 liang, Cornelian Cherry 1 liang, Ligusticum Root 1 liang, Oyster Shell (calcined, ground) 1 liang, Ginseng 1 liang, Astragalus Root (chopped, stir-fried) 2.5 liang.
Source
*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 86.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey, and form into pills the size of a paulownia seed.
Benefits
Kidney deficiency with consumptive syndrome, lower back pain and deafness, yellowing of the eyes and eye pain, a persistently sallow or dark complexion, weakness and restlessness in the limbs, phlegm-fluid retention with qi stagnation, and aching pain in the joints.
Instructions for Use
Take 40 pills per dose, on an empty stomach, washed down with wine.
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Tonifying Cistanche and Otter Liver Pills,Kidney deficiency with consumptive syndrome, lower back pain and deafness, yellowing of the eyes and eye pain, a persistently sallow or dark complexion, weakness and restlessness in the limbs, phlegm-fluid retention with qi stagnation, and aching pain in the joints.