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

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.