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Procreation Elixir

赞育丹 〔贊育丹〕zàn yù dān

Source: Jǐng Yuè Quán Shū 景岳全书

Ingredients:

Action: Supplements the kidney and invigorates yáng.

Indication: Impotence due to debilitation of life gate fire and essential qì vacuity cold with limp aching lumbus and legs, dizziness, tinnitus, profuse urination at night, cold limbs and aversion to cold, bland taste in the mouth, and thin sloppy stool. Tongue: Pale and enlarged with slimy white fur. Pulse: Sunken and slow.

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Rationale: Bā jǐ tiān, Yín yáng huò, Shé chuáng zǐ, Jiǔ cài zǐ, Xiān máo, Fù zǐ, Ròu guì, Ròu cōng róngs and Dù zhòng supplement the kidney and invigorate yáng. Shú dì huáng, Dāng guī, Gǒu qǐ zǐ, and Shān zhū yú supplement kidney yīn and boost essence and marrow. Supplementing yīn as well as yáng to treat debilitation of the life gate fire is based on the principle of seeking yáng in yīn. Shān zhū yú and Jiǔ cài zǐ have the additional ability to secure essence. A large amount of Bái zhú is used to fortify the spleen, so that later heaven comes to the support of earlier heaven.

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