Whole Deer Pills，*Yi Tong*, Volume 48.，For all types of deficiency and debility, as well as the “Five Labors” and “Seven Injuries.”
Whole Deer Pills
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Formulas Name : Whole Deer Pills
Chinese Name : 全鹿丸
Drug Formulation
1 deer (male or female; strangle to death, remove fur, and thoroughly clean the internal organs; boil the deer meat until tender, slice crosswise, and dry in an oven to make a powder; take the hide and internal organs, add them to the original broth, and boil into a paste; mix the medicinal powder with the paste to form pills; roast the bones in clarified butter, grind into a powder, and mix with the meat powder and medicinal powder; then combine with the paste and pound; if the mixture does not form pills, add refined honey), 1 jin of ginseng,Astragalus 1 jin, Atractylodes 1 jin, Poria 1 jin, Angelica sinensis 1 jin, Ligusticum chuanxiong 1 jin, Raw Rehmannia 1 jin, Prepared Rehmannia 1 jin, Asparagus root 1 jin, Ophiopogon tuber 1 jin, Dried tangerine peel 1 jin, Fried licorice 1 jin, Polygonum multiflorum 1 jin, Dipsacus asper 1 jin, Eucommia 1 jin, Achyranthes bidentata 1 jin,Goji berries 1 jin, Morinda root 1 jin, Fenugreek 1 jin, Dried Chinese yam 1 jin, Euryale seed 1 jin, Dodder seed 1 jin, Schisandra berry 1 jin, Rubus fruit 1 jin, Paper mulberry seed 1 jin, Cistanche 1 jin, Cistanche deserticola 1 jin,1 jin of Qiushi, half a jin of Sichuan pepper, half a jin of fennel, half a jin of rock salt, and half a jin of agarwood.
Source
*Yi Tong*, Volume 48.
Processing
Finely grind each of the above ingredients into a powder, weigh out the required amounts, and mix them evenly. Once the deer-based ointment is prepared, combine the mixture with it to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed, then dry them in an oven. Make 50 small pouches from raw yellow silk, each holding approximately 1 jin, and hang them in a well-ventilated area. Use one pouch at a time, taking another as the first is exhausted. During the humid summer months, it is best to dry the pills over a fire 1–2 times.
Benefits
For all types of deficiency and debility, as well as the “Five Labors” and “Seven Injuries.”
Instructions for Use
Take 80–90 pills per dose on an empty stomach before bedtime, swallowing them with ginger tea, salted water, or boiling water; in winter, take them with warm wine.
Note
Contraindicated for those with a robust constitution experiencing inflammation. Contraindicated for wind-cold colds. Avoid raw and cold foods.
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Whole Deer Pills,For all types of deficiency and debility, as well as the “Five Labors” and “Seven Injuries.”