Yiyuan Qibao Dan

Yiyuan Qibao Dan,

Formulas Name : Yiyuan Qibao Dan

Chinese Name : 益元七宝丹

Drug Formulation

1 jin of He Shou Wu, 1 jin of red and white (soak in rice washing water for 1 day, scrape off the skin with a bamboo knife, and cut into pieces the size of a Go stone),Achyranthes root 8 liang (steamed three times in a wooden steamer with 5 sheng of black beans, sun-dried three times, ground into powder, then soaked with 1–2 qian of salt), Goji berries 8 liang (soaked in wine, washed, sun-dried, and ground into powder), Poria 1 jin,Red and white varieties, 1 jin each (soak the red variety in cow’s milk and the white variety in human milk overnight; sun-dry and grind into a powder), Cuscuta seeds, 8 liang (soak in wine for 3 days, sun-dry, and grind into a powder), Polygonum multiflorum, 8 liang (roast until dry and grind into a powder), and Angelica sinensis, 8 liang (soak in wine overnight, sun-dry, and grind into a powder).

Source

From *Eight Essays on Nurturing Life*, Volume 17.

Processing

None of the above herbs should come into contact with iron utensils; mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a marble.

Instructions for Use

Take 1 pill each time: in the morning on an empty stomach with wine; in the afternoon with ginger tea; and before bedtime with salted water.

Yiyuan Qibao Dan,From *Eight Essays on Nurturing Life*, Volume 17.,

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