Huan Shao Di Huang Wan
Star还少地黄丸 (Rehmannia Pill to Return to Youth)
Source: Tian Jin Zhong Yi Xue Yuan (1989)
Last updated October 1, 2026
Description
Huan Shao Di Huang Wan (Rehmannia Pill to Return to Youth), from the Tian Jin Zhong Yi Xue Yuan (Tianjin University of Chinese Medicine) — a variation of Huan Shao Dan.
Actions: Tonifies Kidney yang.
Composition: Combines the principles of Huan Shao Dan and Ba Wei Di Huang Wan; no doses printed.
Source: Chen JK, Chen TT. Chinese Herbal Formulas and Applications: Pharmacological Effects & Clinical Research. Art of Medicine Press, 2009, p. 683.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Shan Yao
as printed: Shan Yao (Rhizoma Dioscoreae)
|
g | — | — | |
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Niu Xi
as printed: Niu Xi (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae)
|
g | — | — | |
|
Shan Zhu Yu
as printed: Shan Zhu Yu (Fructus Corni)
|
g | — | — | |
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Fu Ling
as printed: Fu Ling (Poria)
|
g | — | — | |
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Wu Wei Zi
as printed: Wu Wei Zi (Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis)
|
g | — | — | |
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Suo Yang
as printed: Suo Yang (Herba Cynomorii)
|
g | — | — | |
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Shi Chang Pu
as printed: Shi Chang Pu (Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii)
|
g | — | — | |
|
Ba Ji Tian
as printed: Ba Ji Tian (Radix Morindae Officinalis)
|
g | — | — | |
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Yuan Zhi
as printed: Yuan Zhi (Radix Polygalae)
|
g | — | — | |
|
Du Zhong
as printed: Du Zhong (Cortex Eucommiae)
|
g | — | — | |
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He Shou Wu
as printed: He Shou Wu (Radix Polygoni Multiflori)
|
g | — | — | |
|
Xiao Hui Xiang
as printed: Xiao Hui Xiang (Fructus Foeniculi)
|
g | — | — | |
|
Gou Qi Zi
as printed: Gou Qi Zi (Fructus Lycii)
|
g | — | — | |
|
Shu Di Huang
as printed: Shu Di Huang (Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata)
|
g | — | — | |
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Da Zao
as printed: Da Zao (Fructus Jujubae)
|
g | — | — | |
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Rou Gui
as printed: Rou Gui (Cortex Cinnamomi)
|
g | — | — | |
|
Zhi Fu Zi
as printed: Fu Zi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Praeparata)
|
g | — | — | |
|
Ren Shen
as printed: Ren Shen (Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng)
|
g | — | — | |
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Gan Cao
as printed: Zhi Gan Cao (Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae Praeparata cum Melle)
|
g | — | — | |
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Mu Dan Pi
as printed: Mu Dan Pi (Cortex Moutan)
|
g | — | — | |
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Ze Xie
as printed: Ze Xie (Rhizoma Alismatis)
|
g | — | — |
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Formula family
Full herb lists
- This formula = You Gui Yin + Du Qi Wan + Ding Zhi Xiao Wan + Ba Ji Tian, Da Zao, He Shou Wu, Niu Xi, Suo Yang and Xiao Hui Xiang
- This formula = Du Qi Wan + You Gui Yin + Ding Zhi Xiao Wan + Ba Ji Tian, Da Zao, He Shou Wu, Niu Xi, Suo Yang and Xiao Hui Xiang
- This formula = Liu Wei Di Huang Wan + You Gui Yin + Du Qi Wan + Ding Zhi Xiao Wan + Ba Ji Tian, Da Zao, He Shou Wu, Niu Xi, Suo Yang and Xiao Hui Xiang
- This formula = Ding Zhi Xiao Wan + You Gui Yin + Du Qi Wan + Ba Ji Tian, Da Zao, He Shou Wu, Niu Xi, Suo Yang and Xiao Hui Xiang
Each entry reads as the larger formula written out: “+” adds its other catalogue cores, then the herbs none of them hold. A catalogue formula counts as a core only when at least 80% of its herbs are present, no more than 1 is absent, and the absent herb is not its chief.
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