Stabilizing and astringent formulas
Jin suo gu jing wan
Metal Lock Pill to Stabilize the Essence
- Chinese name
- 金锁固精丸
- Group
- Stabilizing and astringent formulas
- English name
- Spermatorrhea Pills
Retains the kidney essence; astringent.
Indications
For seminal emission, wet dreams, bedwetting or frequent urination, insomnia and discharge.
Ingredients
| Ingredients | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cherokee rose hip (jin ying zi) | 12 g |
| Suo yang (cynomorium) | 12 g |
| Sha yuan zi (flattened milkvetch seed) | 25 g |
| Fox nut (qian shi) | 10 g |
| Lotus stamen (lian xu) | 10 g |
| Lotus seed (lian zi) | 10 g |
| Dragon bone, fossil bone (long gu)animal | 10 g |
| Oyster shell (mu li)animal | 10 g |
- Tongue
- pale with a white coating
- Pulse
- deep and weak
Variations
- For impotence: add epimedium.
- For lower back pain: add du zhong and xu duan.
- For loose stools and diarrhoea: add psoralea and schisandra.