Prescriptions for Astringing Spontaneous Emission
Jinsuo Gujing Wan
Name
Golden Lock Pill for Keeping the Kidney Essence
The Prescription of Jinsuo Gujing Wan
Source
The book Yi Fang Ji Jie
Ingredients
Sha Yuan (Semen Astragali Complanati) 60 g,Ji Li (Fructus Tribuli) 60 g,Qian Shi (Semen Euryales) 60 g,Lian Xu (Semen Nelumbinis) 60 g,Long Gu (Os Draconis) 30 g,Mu Li (Concha Ostreae) 30 g.Explanation
Sha Yuan and Ji Li: The principal drugs, reinforcing the kidney to astringe emission.
Lian Zi: Clearing away the heart-fire and easing mental anxiety.
Long Gu, Mu Li, Lian Xu and Qian Shi: Astringing emission and enuresis.
The Effect of Jinsuo Gujing Wan
Effect
Reinforcing the kidney and astringing emission.
Indications
Syndrome due to deficiency of the kidney and depletion of the vital essence, marked by nocturnal emission, spermatorrhea, listlessness, lassitude, soreness and weakness of the limbs, lumbar aching, tinnitus, pale tongue with whitish coating, and thready weak pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as functional disturbance of the vegetative nerves and myasthenia gravis.
Administrations
All the ingredients are ground into powder, the powder is made into pills with the paste of Lian Zi Rou (Semen Nelumbinis). 9 g of the pills is taken each time with slightly salty water or boiled water, 3 times daily. Or the ingredients and properly reduced according to the original proportions and decocted in water with an adequate amount or Lian Zi Rou for the decoction to be taken orally.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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