Yutong Pills，From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 318.，For women with deficient kidney qi, manifesting as body pain and low back pain; for those whose kidneys have been depleted by pregnancy-related exertion or whose condition has been disrupted by pregnancy; for those whose low back pain is caused by invasion of wind-cold or the collision of blood and qi, affecting the intestines, uterus, and collateral vessels, and for whom pregnancy is difficult to sustain; and for those who, after childbirth, have suffered depletion of the kidney meridian, sudden injury to qi and blood, or invasion by wind-pathogen that has entered and stagnated in the lower back, resulting in qi-related low back pain.
Yutong Pills
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Formulas Name : Yutong Pills
Chinese Name : 愈痛丸
Drug Formulation
Dipsacus asper, Eucommia ulmoides (roasted and stringy fibers removed), Dioscorea opposita, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Angelica pubescens (root base removed), Cibotium barometz (scorched to remove hairs, soaked in wine overnight, then oven-dried), and Smilax glabra (soaked in wine, steamed, and oven-dried; omit soaking for urgent use)—each in equal parts.
Source
From *Pu Ji Fang*, Volume 318.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; mix with wine to form a paste, then roll into pills the size of a Paulownia seed.
Benefits
For women with deficient kidney qi, manifesting as body pain and low back pain; for those whose kidneys have been depleted by pregnancy-related exertion or whose condition has been disrupted by pregnancy; for those whose low back pain is caused by invasion of wind-cold or the collision of blood and qi, affecting the intestines, uterus, and collateral vessels, and for whom pregnancy is difficult to sustain; and for those who, after childbirth, have suffered depletion of the kidney meridian, sudden injury to qi and blood, or invasion by wind-pathogen that has entered and stagnated in the lower back, resulting in qi-related low back pain.
Instructions for Use
Take 50 pills per dose on an empty stomach, washed down with salted wine; during pregnancy, take with donkey-hide gelatin decoction.
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Yutong Pills,For women with deficient kidney qi, manifesting as body pain and low back pain; for those whose kidneys have been depleted by pregnancy-related exertion or whose condition has been disrupted by pregnancy; for those whose low back pain is caused by invasion of wind-cold or the collision of blood and qi, affecting the intestines, uterus, and collateral vessels, and for whom pregnancy is difficult to sustain; and for those who, after childbirth, have suffered depletion of the kidney meridian, sudden injury to qi and blood, or invasion by wind-pathogen that has entered and stagnated in the lower back, resulting in qi-related low back pain.