Men love "yellow" to nourish the kidneys

Among traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions, when it comes to Chinese patent medicines that nourish yin and tonify the kidney, some people will immediately think of Liuwei Dihuang Pills, because many people have used or come into contact with it. In fact, in the family of kidney-tonifying Rehmannia Pills, Liuwei Dihuang Pills is just one of them, and there are eight brothers in total.

Liuwei Dihuang Wan is the most commonly used in clinical practice and can be regarded as the best in the family of Dihuang Wan. It is composed of six Chinese herbs: Rehmannia glutinosa, Cornus officinalis, Chinese yam, Radix zexie, Cortex moutan, and Poria cocos. It is sweet, mild, and mild in nature, and can nourish without stagnating. It can nourish kidney yin, replenish essence and marrow, astringe essence, nourish spleen, and clear liver. It is used to treat dizziness, back pain, and thirst caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency and virtual fire inflammation.

The other seven brothers of Liuwei Dihuang Wan all contain the medicinal ingredients of Liuwei Dihuang Wan, so their functions are similar. Because they add different drugs, their respective indications also have different emphases, showing their own strengths.

Qiju Dihuang Wan is made by adding wolfberry and chrysanthemum to the original formula of Liuwei Dihuang Wan. It is used to treat symptoms such as vertigo, blurred vision, and dry eye pain caused by liver-kidney yin deficiency. It has the effects of replenishing essence, clearing the liver, and improving eyesight.

Guishao Dihuang Pills are made by adding angelica and white peony root, which both nourish the blood and soften the liver, to the original recipe of Liuwei Dihuang Pills. Therefore, it is an essence-replenishing and blood-benefiting agent with significant clinical effects on symptoms such as dizziness and metrorrhagia caused by blood deficiency.

The unique feature of Zhibai Dihuang Wan is that it can nourish Yin and reduce fire for the symptoms of weak waist and knees, spermatorrhea, and hematuria caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency and excessive fire. Because Zhimu and Huangbai in the prescription are cold in nature, people with spleen deficiency and loose stools should take it with caution to avoid damaging the spleen and stomach qi.

Guifu Dihuang Wan, with the addition of cinnamon and aconite, becomes a special agent for warming and nourishing the kidney yang. It is used to treat symptoms such as cold limbs, cold pain in the lower abdomen, and clear and long urination caused by kidney yang deficiency.

Jishengshenqi Pills are based on Guifu Dihuang Pills with the addition of Plantago seed and Achyranthes bidentata to increase the effects of eliminating swelling and promoting diuresis. It can treat symptoms such as edema and asthma caused by kidney-yang deficiency.

Qiwei Duqi Pills are made by adding Schisandra chinensis to the original formula of Liuwei Dihuang Pills in order to achieve the effect of clearing, replenishing and stopping the astringency of the spleen and stomach. It is suitable for symptoms such as weak cough, asthma, and spermatorrhea caused by insufficient kidney yin.

Maiwei Dihuang Pills are made by adding Schisandra chinensis and Ophiopogon japonicus to the original recipe of Liuwei Dihuang Pills, which enhances the effects of nourishing yin and promoting body fluid, strengthening the lungs, and clearing the semen. The magic of this recipe is that it replenishes yin and eliminates evil, and it is specifically used to treat symptoms such as pulmonary tuberculosis, wheezing and cough, and spermatorrhea caused by yin deficiency of the lungs and kidneys.