Would anyone recognize this formula ?

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ie;

 

Panax pseudo ginseng

Eucommia ulmoides

Ginseng radix

Polygonati rhizoma

Licorice root

Honey

 

Does it have a name ? Is it available as a patent medicine ?

 

BTW, for you amateurs of early chinese technology, please visit

http://ocean.wxuli.edu.cn/wine/u4-2.htm ; it will be well worth your time....

 

Thanks,

 

Gilbert

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Gilbert

 

This is not a classical formula,I do not think. It is a spleen and

kidney tonic by ingredient choice, particularly for pain and low

libido, but I could not recommend it. The inclusion of pseudoginseng

would be unusual in a classic formula. It is unlikely that such a

formula would be correct in unmodified form for most westerners. The

use of such tonics by laypeople was considered one of the main causes

of iatrogenesis in imperial china (see Unschuld's Forgotten

Traditions

....). While it may temporarily improve fatigue, low back pain and

impotence, at what cost? It may also aggravate digestive problems

(the

foundation of most serious illnesses) and prostate problems, too.

 

 

 

In , " Gilbert Arnold " <arnoldg@e...>

wrote:

> ie;

>

> Panax pseudo ginseng

> Eucommia ulmoides

> Ginseng radix

> Polygonati rhizoma

> Licorice root

> Honey

>

> Does it have a name ? Is it available as a patent medicine ?

>

> BTW, for you amateurs of early chinese technology, please visit

http://ocean.wxuli.edu.cn/wine/u4-2.htm ; it will be well worth your

time....

>

> Thanks,

>

> Gilbert