Preparation of Bone-Strengthening Formula—April 10, 1997

Preparation of Bone-Strengthening Formula—April 10, 1997

In the winter of Bingzi year, my brother-in-law Li Chengyun suffered from lumbar vertebral hyperplasia, accompanied by right-sided sciatica, and multiple treatments had been ineffective. I used 30g of white snake, 60g of Clematis armandii, 60g of Tussilago farfara, 60g of Saposhnikovia divaricata, 60g of Angelica sinensis, 60g of Eupolyphaga sinensis, and 30g of Dragon's Blood, ground them into powder, divided into 30 packets, taken twice daily with yellow wine, and after one course all symptoms completely disappeared. I once recorded my father’s prescription for treating sciatica: 10g of white snake, 10g of Drynaria fortunei, 10g of Cinnamomum cassia, 1.5g of Semen Strychni, and 3g of Amber. Since this prescription contains white snake, I decided to formulate a decoction, increasing the dosage of white snake and naming it “Bone-Strengthening Formula”: 60g of Clematis armandii, 60g of Tussilago farfara, 60g of Saposhnikovia divaricata, 60g of Angelica sinensis, 60g of Cinnamomum cassia, 60g of Drynaria fortunei, decocted together to make a concentrated extract, plus 30g of white snake, 30g of Eupolyphaga sinensis, 30g of Dragon's Blood, 6g of Semen Strychni, and 10g of Amber, all ground into powder, divided into 30 packets, taken twice daily, one packet each time. This formula is mainly used for bone hyperplasia, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatism, and sciatica.