formula | Great Recovering Pill Da Huan Dan |
source | "Complete Collection of Proven Prescriptions for Internal and External Diseases," Hong Chunpu, 1939 |
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bubble_chart Composition Epimedium (trimmed of edge hairs, stir-fried with sheep fat) 10 taels
Rehmannia (soaked in wine, steamed and sun-dried 9 times) 12 taels
Rosa laevigata (de-cored, soaked in wine) 8 taels
Psoralea corylifolia (soaked in wine) 8 taels
Curculigo orchioides (soaked in wine) 8 taels
Angelica sinensis (soaked in wine) 6 taels
Dendrobium (soaked in wine) 6 taels
Cuscuta chinensis (washed with wine) 5 taels
Ophiopogon japonicus (de-cored, stir-fried) 4 taels 2 qian
Chrysanthemum morifolium 4 taels 2 qian
Eucommia ulmoides (stir-fried with salt water) 4 taels
Cistanche deserticola (washed with wine, membranes removed, baked dry) 4 taels
Cornus officinalis (soaked in wine) 4 taels
Lycium barbarum (soaked in wine) 4 taels
Cynomorium songaricum (soaked in wine) 4 taels
Dioscorea opposita (stir-fried) 4 taels
Tribulus terrestris (stir-fried in a clay pot) 4 taels
Astragalus complanatus (stir-fried) 4 taels
Dipsacus asperoides (stir-fried) 3 taels 2 qian
Qingyan (green salt) 3 taels 2 qian
Morinda officinalis (washed with wine) 3 taels
Poria cocos 3 taels
Moutan cortex (stir-fried) 3 taels
Foeniculum vulgare (soaked in wine) 3 taels
Broussonetia papyrifera (soaked in wine) 3 taels
Rubus chingii (soaked in wine) 3 taels
Achyranthes bidentata (soaked in wine) 3 taels
Polygala tenuifolia (stir-fried with licorice water) 3 taels
Alisma plantago-aquatica (stir-fried) 3 taels
Acorus tatarinowii (stir-fried) 3 taels
Asparagus cochinchinensis (sun-dried) 2 taels 1 qian
Northern 5 ingredients (stir-fried) 2 taels
Trigonella foenum-graecum (soaked in wine) 2 taels
Juglans regia (also known as walnut) 1 jin
Pork kidneys 12 pieces
Sheep kidneys 12 pieces
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage Grind the above ingredients into fine powder. Cut open the kidney, stuff it with the medicine to the fullest extent possible, but it is not necessary to fill it completely. Tie it securely with hemp rope, steam it in a steamer until cooked, then dry it in the sun. Grind the kidney together with the medicine into fine powder. Mix the powder with 6 to 7 jin of cooked white honey to form pills, each as big as a phoenix tree seed. Take 2 to 3 qian each morning and evening, administered with lightly salted water.
bubble_chart Efficacy
It nourishes both water and fire, strengthens primordial yang, warms the dantian, enhances vitality, increases appetite, fortifies muscles and strength, and prevents all ailments.