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Yi Yin Dan,For blood deficiency, blood exhaustion, blood-qi deficiency, and blood-wind disorders.

Formulas Name : Yi Yin Dan

Chinese Name : 益阴丹

Drug Formulation

1 sheng of black beans (roasted and hulled), 4.5 liang of ground Cyperus rhizome, 1 liang of roasted dried ginger, and 1 liang of raw dried rehmannia root.

Source

From *Xian Chuan Ji Yin Fang*, cited in *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Volume 212.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with a paste made from flour boiled in wine to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

For blood deficiency, blood exhaustion, blood-qi deficiency, and blood-wind disorders.

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills per dose, washed down with warm wine or rice water.

Yi Yin Dan,From *Xian Chuan Ji Yin Fang*, cited in *Yi Fang Lei Ju*, Volume 212.,For blood deficiency, blood exhaustion, blood-qi deficiency, and blood-wind disorders.

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