Yin tonics
Liu wei di huang wan
Six-Herb Rehmannia Pill
- Chinese name
- 六味地黄丸
- Group
- Yin tonics
- English name
- Rehmannia Six Combination
- Basic formula
- ✓
Nourishing tonic for the yin essence of liver and kidney.
Indications
The formula for deficiency of kidney yin and essence, and together with ba wei di huang wan suitable for delayed growth in children and for chronic, wasting diseases. For dizziness, tinnitus, chronic sore throat, afternoon fever, night sweats and seminal emission, thirst and dryness, a burning feeling in palms, soles and chest, toothache, lower back pain, eye complaints, chronic urinary tract infections and deafness. The book also mentions high blood pressure, Addison's disease, diabetes, an overactive thyroid and pulmonary tuberculosis.
Ingredients
| Ingredients | Amount |
|---|---|
| Prepared rehmannia (shu di huang) | 20–30 g |
| Shan zhu yu (cornus fruit) | 10–15 g |
| Chinese yam (shan yao) | 10–15 g |
| Water plantain (ze xie) | 9–12 g |
| Tree peony bark (mu dan pi) | 6–9 g |
| Fu ling (poria) | 9–12 g |
- Tongue
- reddish and shiny
- Pulse
- thin and rapid
Variations
- For yin deficiency with fire and severe inflammation: add zhi mu and huang bai and use raw instead of prepared rehmannia (zhi bai di huang wan).
- For weak eyesight: add goji and chrysanthemum (qi ju di huang wan).
- For wasting lung disease with cough: add mai men dong and schisandra.
- For yang deficiency: add cinnamon bark and aconite (ba wei di huang wan).