Achyranthes bidentata (cut, soaked in wine, baked) and Cistanche deserticola (soaked in wine for three days, baked dry), each 60g; Psoralea corylifolia (stir-fried), Trigonella foenum-graecum, Foeniculum vulgare (stir-fried), Lycium barbarum, Melia toosendan, Morinda officinalis (de-cored), Aconitum coreanum (prepared), Aconitum carmichaelii (prepared, cracked, de-naveled and de-skinned), Halite, Notopterygium incisum (de-reeded head), Angelica pubescens (de-reeded head), Zanthoxylum bungeanum (removed eyes and combined, stir-fried until sweating), Tribulus terrestris (stir-fried), Astragalus membranaceus (filed, stir-fried), each 30g.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind the above 16 ingredients into fine powder and divide into three portions. Use two portions to mix with the previously soaked ox knee and cistanche wine, then cook with flour paste to form pills as big as a phoenix tree seed. Take 20-30 pills before meals, swallowed with warm salted wine. After one month of use, signs of efficacy include a rosy complexion, warmth below the navel, improved appetite, and reduced lethargy. Grind the remaining medicine into powder. For cold-induced abdominal pain, mix 3 grams of the powder with 1.5 grams of green salt, apply to lamb kidney or mutton, roast until fragrant and cooked, and consume with warm wine. For hernia, take 3 grams of the powder with a little fennel seed and green salt, boil in 150 ml of water until reduced to 120 ml, and take before meals.

bubble_chart Indications

Kidney deficiency and coldness, a cold sensation below the navel, pain in the waist and knees, a pale yellow complexion, mental fatigue and lack of strength, dizziness and blurred vision, and poor appetite.