GOLDEN LOCK PILL FOR KEEPING KIDNEY ESSENCE
Jin Suo Gu Jing Wan

 

 ‘Golden Lock Pill for Keeping Kidney Essence’
Source: Analytic Collection of Medical Formulas (Yi Fang Ji Jie, 1682)

Keywords
male infertility, and sexual neurasthenia

Ingredients
Astragalus complanatus (Sha Yuan Ji Li, flatstem milkvetch seed)
Euryale ferox (Qian Shi, seed of gordon euryale)
Nelumbo nucifera (Lian Xu, hindu lotus stamen)
Os Draconis (Long Gu, dragon bone)
Concha ostrea (Mu Li, oyster shell)

Major therapeutic action
Fortifies the Kidney, astringes jing.

 Biomedical action
Invigorating.

Indications
o  Spermatorrhoea due to Kidney deficiency.
o  With the appropriate key symptoms, this formula can be used to treat biomedical conditions such as male infertility, and sexual neurasthenia etc.

Key symptoms for use
o  spermatorrhoea
o  involuntary emission
o  soreness of the lumbar
o  tinnitus
o  weariness
o  fatigue
o  soreness and weakness of limbs
o  pale tongue with whitish fur
o  fine and weak pulse

Cautions and contraindications
None noted.
None noted. 		Dosage
The typical dose is three grams twice daily, before meals. In severe cases or the early stages of treatment (the first two weeks), a 50-100% increase in dose may be used, then reduced as the treatment takes effect.