Magnetite (calcined until red-hot, quenched in vinegar seven times) Cistanche (soaked in wine, cut, baked) Dodder seeds (soaked in wine overnight, slowly baked dry) Chrysanthemum flowers Abalone shell Each 30 gm

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind the above 5 ingredients into powder. Take 15 male sparrows (de-fuzzed, with beak and feet removed, but intestines and stomach retained), 60 grams of green salt, and 2 shēng of water. Boil them together until the sparrows are tender and the water is nearly evaporated. Remove and pound into a paste, then mix with the powdered medicine to form pills as big as a phoenix tree seed. Take 20 pills each time, administered with warm wine before meals.

bubble_chart Indications

Kidney essence qi deficiency, blurred vision, unclear farsightedness, occasional dark spots, gradually developing into internal visual obstruction. Currently used for pseudomyopia or refractive errors.