Description
Tiao Yuan Shen Qi Wan (Original-Qi-Regulating Kidney Qi Pill), from Orthodox Lineage of External Medicine (Wai Ke Zheng Zong).
Actions: Supplement kidney qi and nourish the blood, enrich yin and subdue fire
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of kidney qi deficiency and malnutrition of the bones due to excessive sexual intercourse or fear damaging the kidney, with hard fixed bone tumor, purple or no purple local skin, gradual emaciation, malnutrition of qi and blood, withering of the skin, even alternative chills and fever, distaste for food, difficulty in movement, and weakness of the feet and legs
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. 579–582.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sheng Di Huang
batch quantity as printed (stock for a pill/powder/plaster preparation), not a single dose; as printed: Radix Rehmanniae (di huang) 120 g
|
120g | 20.41% | — | |
|
Shan Zhu Yu
as printed: Fructus Corni (shan zhu yu) 60 g
|
60g | 10.2% | — | |
|
Shan Yao
as printed: Rhizoma Dioscoreae (shan yao) 60 g
|
60g | 10.2% | — | |
|
Mu Dan Pi
as printed: Cortex Moutan (mu dan pi) 60 g
|
60g | 10.2% | — | |
|
Fu Ling
as printed: Poria (fu ling) 60 g
|
60g | 10.2% | — | |
|
Ren Shen
as printed: Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng (ren shen) 30 g
|
30g | 5.1% | — | |
|
Dang Gui
as printed: Radix Angelicae Sinensis (dang gui) 30 g
|
30g | 5.1% | — | |
|
Ze Xie
as printed: Rhizoma Alismatis (ze xie) 30 g
|
30g | 5.1% | — | |
|
Mai Men Dong
as printed: Radix Ophiopogonis (mai dong) 30 g
|
30g | 5.1% | — | |
|
Long Gu
as printed: Os Draconis (long gu) 30 g
|
30g | 5.1% | — | |
|
Di Gu Pi
as printed: Cortex Lycii (di gu pi) 30 g
|
30g | 5.1% | — | |
|
Mu Xiang
as printed: Radix Aucklandiae (mu xiang) 9 g
|
9g | 1.53% | — | |
|
Sha Ren
as printed: Fructus Amomi (sha ren) 9 g
|
9g | 1.53% | — | |
|
Huang Bai
as printed: Cortex Phellodendri Chinensis (huang bai) 15 g
|
15g | 2.55% | — | |
|
Zhi Mu
as printed: Rhizoma Anemarrhenae (zhi mu) 15 g
|
15g | 2.55% | — |
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 cool (-0.68)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 41%, cool 10%, neutral 26%, warm 24%.
Small but decisive: Ze Xie 30g (cold, 5% of the grams), Mai Men Dong 30g (cold, 5% of the grams), Di Gu Pi 30g (cold, 5% of the grams), Huang Bai 15g (cold, 3% of the grams), Zhi Mu 15g (cold, 3% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.
Taste
- pungent 10%
- sweet 45%
- sour 10%
- bitter 25%
- bland 10%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Kidney 88%
- Heart 61%
- Liver 56%
- Spleen 39%
- Lung 38%
- Stomach 11%
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, melt Colla Cornus Cervi ( lu jiao jiao ) 120 g with aged wine, add Mel ( feng mi ) 120 g, decoct together until it can be dropped as bead, then make into pills as size of phoenix tree seed, take 80 pills each time with warm wine on an empty stomach
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