1 black-billed white duck, 1,000 grams of large Beijing dates, 500 grams of Shenling Pingwei Powder, 1 large bottle of aged cooking wine.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

First, tie the duck's feet, then measure how much wine the patient can drink, pour the corresponding amount of wine into a container, warm it, cut the duck's neck with a knife, let the blood drip into the wine, stir well, and drink it all in one go. Then, pluck the duck's feathers, make a hole under its wing, remove the intestines, wipe it dry with paper, pit the dates, fill each with powdered Shenling Pingwei San, tie it with linen, stuff it into the duck's belly, place the duck in a sugar jar, simmer slowly with charcoal fire around, add a bottle of cooking wine in three batches, until the wine is boiled dry, take it out, and eat it in order, finishing the whole duck.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Nourish the marrow, promote fluid production, harmonize blood, and regulate qi.

bubble_chart Indications

All signs of labor, physical exhaustion, cough with sputum and hemoptysis, late afternoon tidal fever, muscle wasting, and weak breath and speech.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

The prescription is used to treat consumptive disorders caused by lung-kidney yin deficiency, depletion of essence and blood, extreme deficiency of original qi, and disharmony of the spleen and stomach. In the formula, the black-billed white duck is the sovereign herb. First, its blood is taken and consumed to benefit the lung meridian, moisten and nourish the lungs. Then, its meat is eaten to tonify the lungs and kidneys, replenish essence and marrow, reduce steaming bone fever, resolve deficient phlegm, and stop cough. For deficiency fatigue leading to weak qi and faint speech, it is urgent to tonify original qi and benefit the spleen and stomach. Therefore, Ginseng, Chinese Date, and Poria are used as minister herbs. Additionally, Stomach-Calming Powder is used as an assistant herb to promote digestion and harmonize the middle, ensuring that the duck meat, ginseng, and dates tonify without causing stagnation, embodying the principle of tonification with dispersion.