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Tu Si Zi Wan  菟丝子丸
Cuscuta Seed Pill,
or, Dodder Seed Pill


Tradition:
TCM

Source / Author:
Formulas to Aid the Living (Ji Sheng Fang)

Herb Name
Tu Si Zi (Dodder seed)
Lu Rong (Velvet Deer horn)
Rou Cong Rong (Cistanches)
Shan Yao (Chinese Yam)
Fu Zi (Aconite)
Wu Yao (Lindera)
Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra)
Sang Piao Xiao (Mantis Egg Case)
Yi Zhi Ren (Black Cardamon)
Mu Li (Oyster shell) calcined
Ji Nei Jin (Chicken Gizzard skin)

Latin
Cuscuta chinesis
Cervus nippon
Cistanches
Dioscorea polystachya
Aconitum carmichaeli
Lindera aggregata
Schisandra chinensis
Mantis religiosa
Alpinia oxyphylla
Ostrea edulis
Gallus domesticus
Amount
60 grams
30 grams
60 grams





30 grams ea.
60 grams
15 grams


Preparation:
Powder and form pills with wine or honey.

Function:
Warms the Kidneys, Stops Leakage

Use:
Exhaustion, weakness, lower back pain, frequent, scanty or dribbling urine, deep and weak pulse
1. Urinary Incontinence
2. Frequent urination with dribbling
3. Seminal Emission
4. Premature Ejaculation
5. Cervical Polyps

Dose:

3–9 grams twice daily with warm or salted water.

Cautions:
None noted

Modifications:
1. Cervical Polyps, add Madder (Qian Cao), Paeonia Mu Dan Pi

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