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Ziling Pills,For blood collapse due to qi deficiency.

Formulas Name : Ziling Pills

Chinese Name : 紫灵丸

Drug Formulation

Half a liang of calcined Yangqishi, half a liang of calcined Chishizhi, 2 liang of cooked dried Rehmannia (soaked in wine), 2 liang of Angelica sinensis (stem removed, soaked in wine), and 7 qian and a half of oyster shell powder.

Source

*Wei’s Family-Treasure Formulas*, Volume 10.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 2 liang each of genuine agarwood and gallnut (coarsely chopped), and 2 sheng of rice vinegar; soak half a liang of black plum pulp in the mixture for 2–3 days. Strain out the agarwood and gallnut, then simmer the black plum pulp and vinegar until it becomes a paste. Mix in the powdered herbs from the previous step and pound 100–200 times, then roll into pills the size of mung beans.

Benefits

For blood collapse due to qi deficiency.

Instructions for Use

Take 50–70 pills per dose, washed down with warm rice water or salted water, at any time of day.

Ziling Pills,*Wei’s Family-Treasure Formulas*, Volume 10.,For blood collapse due to qi deficiency.

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