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Source: Sān Yīn Fāng 三因方

Ingredients:

• Mù guā (木瓜 Chaenomelis Fructus, chaenomeles [fruit])
• Chuān wū (川乌 Aconiti Radix, aconite main root)
• Niú xī (牛膝 Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix, achyranthes [root])
• Bì xiè (萆薢 Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae seu Semptemlobae Rhizoma, fish poison yam)
• 茴香
• Qiāng huó (羌活 Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix, notopterygium [root])
• Qīng pí (青皮 Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride, unripe tangerine peel)
• Qīng yán (青盐 Halitum , halite)
• Gǒu jǐ (狗脊 Cibotii Rhizoma, cibotium [root])
• 巴戟
• Hǎi tóng pí (海桐皮 Erythrinae Cortex, erythrina [bark])

Action: Warms the channels and eliminates dampness; quickens the blood, frees the network vessels, and soothes the sinews.

Indication: Cold-damp leg qì (jiǎo qì), characterized by limpness of the legs and knees, lack of strength for movement, numbness and swelling, and in some cases pain and hypertonicity or aversion to cold.

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