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Yin-Nourishing and Tonifying Pill,All conditions involving yin deficiency and insufficiency of kidney water. Yin deficiency with intense heat, cough, and dizziness.

Formulas Name : Yin-Nourishing and Tonifying Pill

Chinese Name : 滋阴百补丸

Drug Formulation

1 jin of fish bladder (stir-fried with clam powder until it forms beads and is extremely charred), 4 liang of dodder seeds (thoroughly boiled in wine, then sun-dried), 4 liang of sand thistle (washed and roasted), 4 liang of goji berries (mixed with wine and roasted), 4 liang of Cistanche (thoroughly boiled in wine, then sun-dried),Nuzhenzi (soaked in wine) 4 liang, Rubus fruit (soaked in wine, drained, and roasted) 4 liang, Suoyang (soaked in wine) 4 liang, Anemarrhena rhizome (soaked in wine) 4 liang, Ophiopogon tuber (core removed) 4 liang, Polygala root (soaked in licorice water, pith removed) 4 liang, Angelica root (washed with wine) 4 liang, Achyranthes root (soaked in wine) 4 liang, Taxus seed (oil removed) 4 liang,Jujube seeds (shelled, roasted until black) 4 liang, Morinda root (soaked in wine, pith removed, roasted) 4 liang, Lotus stamen 4 liang, Euryale seed (shelled) 4 liang, Moutan bark (soaked in wine, roasted) 4 liang, Cornus fruit (soaked in wine, steamed, pitted) 4 liang, Poria cocos 4 liang.

Source

From Volume 2 of Nian’s *Collected Proven Effective Formulas*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, then form into pills the size of a paulownia seed using a wine paste.

Benefits

All conditions involving yin deficiency and insufficiency of kidney water. Yin deficiency with intense heat, cough, and dizziness.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 qian per dose, washed down with plain hot water on an empty stomach.

Yin-Nourishing and Tonifying Pill,From Volume 2 of Nian’s *Collected Proven Effective Formulas*.,All conditions involving yin deficiency and insufficiency of kidney water. Yin deficiency with intense heat, cough, and dizziness.

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