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Yang-Boosting Pills,Kidney deficiency, weakness of yang qi, limb weakness, low spirits, and frequent, copious urination.

Formulas Name : Yang-Boosting Pills

Chinese Name : 助阳丸

Drug Formulation

Deer antler (dehaired, fried with butter) 1 liang,Dodder Seed (soaked in wine, pounded separately) 1 liang, Raw Silkworm Moth (roasted) 1 liang, Stalactite Powder 1 liang, Aconite Root (roasted until cracked, with skin and navel removed) 1 liang, Cistanche (soaked in wine, wrinkled skin removed, sliced, and dried) 1 liang, Astragalus (chopped, roasted) 1 liang, Ginseng 1 liang.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 52.

Processing

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

Benefits

Kidney deficiency, weakness of yang qi, limb weakness, low spirits, and frequent, copious urination.

Instructions for Use

Take 20 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine or salted water on an empty stomach.

Yang-Boosting Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 52.,Kidney deficiency, weakness of yang qi, limb weakness, low spirits, and frequent, copious urination.

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