sang shen hair blackening pills 桑堪黑髮丸

by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

Name of Formula: sang shen hei fa wan (source:ben cao gang mu)

Composition:

• nu zhen zi 620 g,

• sang shen 300 g,

• han lian cao 300 g

Preparation: Soak nu zhen zi in white rice wine for a day. Drain, then steamed thoroughly, and dry under the sun and then make into fine powder. Store sang shen in a dry place till dry and make into fine powder. Store han lian cao in a dry place till dry and make into fine powder. Mix all 3 powder together and mix with cooked, evaporated honey and make into pills with the sizes of sweet peas.

Take 70 to 80 pills per day with lightly salted water.

Editor's note: in cases of yinxu (yin deficient), use plain drinking water instead of salted water.

桑堪黑髮丸 《方源：本草綱目 》

處方： 女貞子 620克，桑椹300克，旱蓮草300克。

用法：女貞子(冬青樹子)浸入白酒中，日內取出蒸透晒乾，研細末(最好選用農曆十月採收的)；桑椹子(農曆月收，陰乾)為末；旱蓮草(五月收，陰乾)為末，共和勻，煉蜜丸如梧子大，每服70~80丸，淡鹽湯送下。

功效：強腰膝，變白髮。

主治：肝腎陰虛，腰膝無力，衰老髮白。