Nei Bu Wan
StarSource: Nu Ke Qie Yao
Last updated October 23, 2026
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Description
Nei Bu Wan (Internal Tonify Pill), from Nu Ke Qie Yao.
Actions: Warm and tonify Kidney Yang.
Indications: Exhausted minute Kidney Yang, and damaged and deficient Chong and Ren channels. Symptoms include excessive, unceasing, watery leukorrhea, lower back pain as if the back is broken, frequent urination, pale face, apathy, aversion to cold; dizziness, vertigo, palpitation, shortness of breath, 5 A.M. diarrhea, pale tongue, thin white tongue coating, and deep slow pulse.
Source: Liu C, Tseng A, with Yang S. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Modern Applications of Traditional Formulas. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2005, p. 291.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Lu Rong
as printed: Lu Rong equal amount
|
g | — | — | |
|
Tu Si Zi
as printed: Tu Si Zi equal amount
|
g | — | — | |
|
Sha Yuan Zi
as printed: Sha Yuan Ji Li equal amount
|
g | — | — | |
|
Huang Qi
as printed: Huang Qi equal amount
|
g | — | — | |
|
Rou Gui
as printed: Rou Gui equal amount
|
g | — | — | |
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Sang Piao Xiao
as printed: Sang Piao Xiao equal amount
|
g | — | — | |
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Rou Cong Rong
as printed: Rou Cong Rong equal amount
|
g | — | — | |
|
Zhi Fu Zi
as printed: Zhi Fu Zi equal amount
|
g | — | — | |
|
Fu Ling
as printed: Fu Ling equal amount
|
g | — | — | |
|
Ci Ji Li
as printed: Bai Ji Li equal amount
|
g | — | — | |
|
Zi Wan
as printed: Zi Wan Rong equal amount
|
g | — | — |
Preparation
Grind into powder and mix with honey to form pill as in size of Mung bean. Take 20 pills on empty stomach, two to three times a day.
Conditions Addressed
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Formula family
Full equations
- This formula = Qi Fu Tang + Ci Ji Li, Fu Ling, Lu Rong, Rou Cong Rong, Rou Gui, Sang Piao Xiao, Sha Yuan Zi, Tu Si Zi and Zi Wan. Proportions not compared: no dose entered for Huang Qi and Zhi Fu Zi.
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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