Shu Yu Wan

Shu Yu Wan (Cinnamonvine Pill), from Essentials from the Golden Cabinet (Jin Gui Yao Lue).

Actions and indications: Boost qi and harmonize the nutrient aspect, regulate the spleen and stomach, supplement deficiency and dispel wind. Indicated for the treatment of deficiency-consumption ( xū láo ) due to qi and blood deficiency, and insufficiency of the spleen and lung, dizziness, gastric cavity pain, less eating, emaciation, heavy body, weak breathing, pain in limb, numbness of the limbs, bì syndrome, menstrual block, and menstrual irregularities

Modifications: For soreness and weakness of the waist and knees due to kidney deficiency, add Radix Dipsaci ( chuan xu duan ) and Herba Taxilli ( sang ji sheng ) to supplement the kidney; for pattern of deficiency fire flaming upward after serious illness, add Radix Pseudostellariae ( tai zi shen ), dry-fried Fructus Gardeniae ( chao zhi zi ) and Radix Scutellariae ( huang qin ) to nourish yin and clear deficiency heat; for pattern of lung qi insufficiency, change Radix Ampelopsis ( bai lian ) into Rhizoma Bletillae ( bai ji ) to supplement the lung and dissolve phlegm, and add Radix Pseudostellariae ( tai zi shen ) to boost qi and nourish yin; for weakness of the lower limbs due to damp-heat pouring downward, combine with Wonderfully Effective Four Powder ( si miao san )

Cautions: Oily food should be avoided in the period of taking this pill. And it is not suitable for patients with common cold, and not used together with Radix et Rhizoma Veratri Nigri ( li lu ), Faeces Trogopterori ( wu ling zhi ) and Fructus Gleditsiae ( zao jia )

Category: Formulas That Supplement Both Qi and Blood.

Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 575–578.

Grind the ingredients into powder, mix with honey and make into pills, take 6 g each time with warm boiled water or yellow wine, 2 times a day