Description
Jian Bu Hu Qian Wan (Walk-Fortifying Hidden Tiger Pill), from Essentials of Orthopedics and Traumatology (Shang Ke Bu Yao).
Actions: Enrich and nourish the liver and kidney, and reunite the bones and sinews
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of blood deficiency and qi weakness, with injury from falling down, soreness and weakness of the sinews and bones, pain of the waist, knees, and legs, lack of strength, and difficulty in walking; pattern of kidney qi deficiency, with flaccid bones and muscles, yang wěi (impotence) and cold-damp scrotum
Category: Formulas That Supplement Both Yin and Yang.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 610–611.
Preparation
Grind the ingredients into fine powder, mix with honey and make into pills, take in 9 g doses with bland salt soup on an empty stomach. If in winter, take with yellow rice wine
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