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Dendrobium Night Sight Pills
chinese formulae
definition
Dendrobium Night Sight Pills = Shi Hu Ye Guang Wan = "Dendrobium Pill for Night Vision"
sources: Bensky and Barolet, p. 273.
signs and symptoms: Enlarged pupils, photophobia, blurry vision, excessive tearing, vertigo, cataracts.
tongue and pulse: Thin, frail, rapid pulse.
indications: Liver and Kidney Yin Xu (Deficiency) with Empty Fire Blazing.
cautions and contraindications:
ingredients:
» 60 grams: asparagus (tian men dong), ginseng (ren shen), poria (fu ling).
» 30 grams: ophiopogon (mai men dong), prepared rehmannia (shu di huang), cuscuta (tu si zi).
» 24 grams: white chrysanthemum flower (bai ju hua), cassia seed (jue ming zi), apricot seed (xing ren), dioscorea (shan yao), lycium fruit (gou qi zi), achyranthes (niu xi), schizandra (wu wei zi).
» 15 grams: tribulus (bai ji li), dendrobium (shi hu), cistanches (rou cong rong), cnidium (chuan xiong), honey-baked licorice (zhi gan cao), chih-ko (zhi ke), celosia seed (qing xiang zi), siler (fang feng), coptis (huang lian), rhinoceros horn (substitute water buffalo horn) (xi jiao), antelope horn (ling yang jiao).
administration: Grind the ingredients into powder and form into 9 gram pills with honey. Take one pill in the morning and evening with salted water.
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