Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
六味地黃丸 lìu wèi dì huáng wán, "Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia"

Translated Name: Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia

Category:

Formulas that Tonify,

Nourish and Tonify the Yin

Pills

Is this Formula effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

Components (6):

	Herb	Common Name	Quantity	Unit
熟地黄	Shu Di Huang	cooked rehmannia root, prepared Chinese foxglove root	240	grams
山茱萸	Shan Zhu Yu	Asiatic cornelian cherry fruit, cornus	120	grams
山藥	Shan Yao	dioscorea rhizome, Chinese yam	120	grams
牡丹皮	Mu Dan Pi	moutan root bark, tree peony root bark	90	grams
茯苓	Fu Ling	poria, sclerotium of tuckahoe, China root, hoelen, Indian bread	90	grams
澤瀉	Ze Xie	alisma rhizome, water plantain	90	grams

Tongue:

Red tongue with little coating﹒

Pulse:

Rate: Rapid (Quick, Fast)

Qualities: Thready (Fine, Thin)

Cautions:

This formula has cloying properties. Caution should be used in cases with indigestion, diarrhea due to Spleen deficiency or a white greasy tongue coating.

Reference Source:

Craft of Medicines and Patterns for Children

Modifications:

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Debbie Rodriguez

'''Alter

(砂仁, sand seeds)

Sha Ren Quantity to ''' '''Alter

(鷄内金, chicken inner gold)

Ji Nei Jin Quantity to ''' '''Alter

(白术, white atractylodes)

Bai Zhu Quantity to ''' '''Remove Herb

(熟地黄, cooked earth yellow)

Shu Di Huang''': For childhood nutritional impairment with abdominal distention and loose, watery stools. - refer to:
Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet
, p264 details...

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	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (柴胡, twigs of the barbarians) Chai Hu''' '''Add Herb (當歸, should go back, state of return) Dang Gui''' '''Add Herb (五味子, five-flavored seed) Wu Wei Zi''': For optic neuritis, optic nerve atrophy or central retinitis. - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p264 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Remove Herb (澤瀉, marsh drain) Ze Xie''' '''Add Herb (天花粉, heavenly flower powder) Tian Hua Fen''': For wasting and thirsting disorder - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p264 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (生地黃, unprepared earth yellow) Sheng Di Huang''' '''Remove Herb (熟地黄, cooked earth yellow) Shu Di Huang''': For severe depletion of the fluids with heat signs - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p264 details... add comment

	+1 Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) Enriches the Yin and nourishes the Kidney. add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez Soreness and weakness in the lower back add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez Spontaneous and nocturnal emissions add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez Chronic dry and sor throat add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez Wasting and thirsting disorder add comment

	+1 jenny akee Kidney and liver yin deficiency-tinnitus and deafness add comment

	+1 jenny akee Thirst and dry throat-kidney and liver yin deficiency add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Related to (Capital Qi Pill) Du Qi Wan''': For chronic wheezing disorders in patients who are always short of breath and begin wheezing with little exertion. add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Related to (Lycium Fruit, Chrysanthemum and Rehmannia Pill) Qi Ju Di Huang Wan''': For dry eyes with diminished visual acuity, photophobia, tearing when exposed to drafts or painful eyes. add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Related to (Anemarrhena, Phellodendron, and Rehmannia Pill) Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan''': For yin deficiency with fire, consumptive heat or steaming bone disorder. add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Related to (Eight Immortal Pill for Longevity) Ba Xian Chang Shou Wan''': For deficient yin consumptive disorders with cough, coughing of blood, tidal fever and night sweats. add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Related to (Pill for Deafness that is Kind to the Left (Kidney)) Er Long Zuo Ci Wan''': For continuous, cicada-like tinnitus that worsens at night, hearing loss, irritability, insomnia and vertigo with blurry vision. add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Related to (Augmented Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia) Jia Wei Liu Wei Di Huang Wan''': For children with slow mental development, a lusterless complexion, fatigue and lethargy. add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Related to (Tangkuei and Rehmannia Decoction) Dang Gui Di Huang Yin''': Kidney and liver yin deficiency in women. For pain and weakness in the lower back and legs, reduced menstrual flow, foot and heel pain. add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Related to (Improve Vision Pill with Rehmannia) Ming Mu Di Huang Wan''': For blurry or diminished vision due to liver and kidney deficiency. add comment

Liu Wei Di Huang Wan六味地黃丸 lìu wèi dì huáng wán, "Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia"

Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
六味地黃丸 lìu wèi dì huáng wán, "Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia"