Tonifying Medicine: Acanthopanax Bark Pills

Tonifying Medicine: Acanthopanax Bark Pills,Edema of the legs, numbness of the skin, with symptoms appearing and subsiding unpredictably.

Formulas Name : Tonifying Medicine: Acanthopanax Bark Pills

Chinese Name : 补药五加皮丸

Drug Formulation

Acanthopanax Bark (chopped) 3 fen, Ginseng 3 fen, Evodia Fruit (washed in hot water, dried) 3 fen, Schisandra Berry (roasted) 3 fen,Cinnamon Bark (coarse outer bark removed) 3 fen, Areca Nut (chopped) 3 fen, Red Poria 1 liang, Ligusticum Root 1 liang, Cypress Seed 1 liang, Magnolia Bark (roasted with ginger juice) 1.5 liang, Prunus mume Seed (blanched to remove skin and tip, ground) 1.5 liang, Trifoliate Orange Peel (pulp removed, roasted with wheat bran) 1.5 liang,Achyranthes root (soaked in wine, sliced, and baked) 1.5 liang, Eucommia bark (peeled, roasted, and coarsely chopped) 2 liang, Notopterygium root 2 liang.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 81.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey, and form into pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

Edema of the legs, numbness of the skin, with symptoms appearing and subsiding unpredictably.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills daily on an empty stomach with warm wine; for those who do not drink alcohol, take with a decoction of tangerine peel.

Tonifying Medicine: Acanthopanax Bark Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 81.,Edema of the legs, numbness of the skin, with symptoms appearing and subsiding unpredictably.

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