Description
Gui Shen Wan (Restoring the Kidney Bolus), from The Complete Works of [Zhang] Jing-yue (Jing Yue Quan Shu).
Actions: Enrich yin and supplement the kidney
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of kidney yin deficiency, with insufficiency of essence and blood, waist soreness, flaccid feet, toilworn complexion, seminal emission, impotence, deficient restlessness, dry mouth and throat, dry and hard stool, red tongue, thready and rapid pulse or thready and wiry pulse
Category: Formulas that Supplement Yin.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 591–598.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Shu Di Huang
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata (shu di huang) 240 g
|
240g | 22.86% | — | |
|
Shan Yao
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Rhizoma Dioscoreae (huai shan yao) 120 g
|
120g | 11.43% | — | |
|
Shan Zhu Yu
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Fructus Corni (shan zhu yu) 120 g
|
120g | 11.43% | — | |
|
Fu Ling
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Poria (fu ling) 120 g
|
120g | 11.43% | — | |
|
Gou Qi Zi
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Fructus Lycii (gou qi zi) 120 g
|
120g | 11.43% | — | |
|
Du Zhong
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: dry-fried Cortex Eucommiae (chao du zhong) 120 g
|
120g | 11.43% | — | |
|
Tu Si Zi
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Semen Cuscutae (tu si zi) 120 g
|
120g | 11.43% | — | |
|
Dang Gui
as printed: Radix Angelicae Sinensis (dang gui) 90 g
|
90g | 8.57% | — |
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 (+0.54)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: neutral 46%, warm 54%.
Taste
- pungent 10%
- sweet 73%
- sour 11%
- bland 6%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Kidney 91%
- Liver 77%
- Spleen 43%
- Lung 34%
- Heart 20%
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
Grind the ingredients into powder, make into pills, and take 9 g each time with salt water or bland salt soup, 2 times a day; or decrease the dosage according to the original proportion and decoct with water for oral use
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