Description
Bu Shen Di Huang Wan (Kidney-Supplementing Rehmannia Pill), from Golden Mirror of the Medical Tradition (Yi Zong Jin Jian).
Actions: Supplement the kidney and boost marrow
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of innate deficiency and kidney qi weakness and marrow exhaustion, with large fontanel, misclosure of cephalic suture, lingual retardation, walk retardation, and retarded dentition
Category: Formulas That Supplement Yang.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 603–605.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Shan Zhu Yu
as printed: Fructus Corni (shan zhu yu) 15 g
|
15g | 19.23% | — | |
|
Shu Di Huang
as printed: Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata (shu di huang) 15 g
|
15g | 19.23% | — | |
|
Lu Rong
as printed: Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum (lu rong) 12 g
|
12g | 15.38% | — | |
|
Chuan Niu Xi
as printed: Radix Cyathulae (chuan niu xi) 12 g
|
12g | 15.38% | — | |
|
Mu Dan Pi
as printed: Cortex Moutan (mu dan pi) 9 g
|
9g | 11.54% | — | |
|
Fu Ling
as printed: Poria (fu ling) 9 g
|
9g | 11.54% | — | |
|
Ze Xie
as printed: Rhizoma Alismatis (ze xie) 6 g
|
6g | 7.69% | — |
Energetics dose-weighted
The formula's overall nature, taste balance and channel reach, weighted by each herb's dose. Classical formulas often pair warm and cool herbs on purpose, so a net figure summarises the mix — it doesn't describe every herb in it.
Nature
Net slightly warm (+0.27)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 8%, cool 12%, neutral 27%, warm 54%.
Small but decisive: Ze Xie 6g (cold, 8% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.
Taste
- pungent 6%
- sweet 44%
- sour 19%
- bitter 14%
- salty 8%
- bland 10%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Kidney 100%
- Liver 81%
- Heart 23%
- Lung 12%
- Spleen 12%
Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
Dose-weighted from each herb's recorded nature, taste and channels (missing values are left out, never counted as neutral). It describes the composition — it is not a recommendation.
Preparation
Rasp and bake the ingredients into powder, mix with honey and make into pills as as size of hemp seed, and take 15–25 g each time with warm salt soup or wine on an empty stomach
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Formula family
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