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Purple Cinnamon Pill
紫桂丸 〔紫桂丸〕 zǐ guì wán
Source: Tài Píng Shèng Huì Fāng 太平圣惠方
Ingredients
- Guì xīn (桂心 Cinnamomi Cortex Rasus, shaved cinnamon bark) 0.9g
- Dāng guī (当归 Angelicae Sinensis Radix, Chinese angelica) 0.9g
- Chuān xiōng (川芎 Chuanxiong Rhizoma, chuanxiong [rhizome]) 0.9g
- Sān qī (三七 Notoginseng Radix, notoginseng [root]) 0.9g
- Bái zhú (白朮 Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, white atractylodes [root]) 0.9g
- Hē zǐ (诃子 Chebulae Fructus, chebule) 0.9g
- Pào jiāng (炮姜 Zingiberis Rhizoma Praeparatum, blast-fried ginger) 0.9g
- Yán hú suǒ (延胡索 Corydalis Rhizoma, corydalis [rhizome]) 0.9g
- Hǔ pò (琥珀 Succinum , amber) 0.9g
- Huā jiāo (花椒 Zanthoxyli Pericarpium, zanthoxylum [husk]) (stir-fried) 15g
- Mù xiāng (木香 Aucklandiae Radix, costusroot) 15g
- Ròu dòu kòu (肉豆蔻 Myristicae Semen, nutmeg) 15g
- Shú dì huáng (熟地黄 Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata, cooked rehmannia [root]) 30g
- Pào fù zǐ (炮附子 Aconiti Radix Lateralis Tosta, blast-fried aconite [accessory root]) 30g
- Fú líng (茯苓 Poria , poria) 30g
- Huái niú xī (怀牛膝 Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix, achyranthes [root]) 30g
- Táo rén (桃仁 Persicae Semen, peach kernel) (stir-fried with bran) 30g
Indications: Women's wind vacuity and taxation cold with
Method: Grind to a powder, blend with hone, and form into pills the size of firmiana seed.
Dosage: 30 pills each time, with swallowed with warmed wine.
Notes: Purple cinnamon
in the formula name simply refers to Ròu guì, which is characteristically a deep red-purple brown in color.