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Liu Wei Di Huang Wan (Six Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia)

Liu Wei Di Huang Wan Liù Wèi Dì Huáng Wán

Six Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia

Category
Formulas that Tonify
Subcategory
Formulas that Nourish and Tonify the Yin
Ingredients
6 herbs
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Actions

  • Enriches and nourishes Kidney and Liver Yin

Indications

  • Weakness and soreness in the lower back and knees
  • Lightheadedness, dizziness, or vertigo, tinnitus or hearing loss, nocturnal emissions, night sweats, chronic sore and/or dry throat, hot palms and soles, painful or difficult scanty urination, wasting and thirsting, and tidal fever.

Western Uses:

  • Retarded Growth of Children
  • Lumbago
  • Optic Neuritis
  • Central Retinitis
  • Pulmonary Tuberculosis
  • Diabetes
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Addison's Disease
  • Hypertension
  • Neurasthenia
  • Functional Anovular Uterine Bleeding
  • Chronic Urinary Tract Infections
  • Deafness

Ingredients

6 substances in Liu Wei Di Huang Wan — each links to its full herb monograph.

Fu LingFu Ling9-12 gRegulate Water and Drain DampnessMu Dan PiMu Dan Pi6-9 gCool the BloodShan YaoShan Yao12-15 gTonify QiShan Zhu YuShan Zhu Yu12-15 gAstringe, Stabilize, BindShu Di HuangShu Di Huang21-24 gTonify BloodZe XieZe Xie9-12 gRegulate Water and Drain Dampness

Preparation & dosage

Decoction.

Safety — read before use

As this formula is cloying, it should be avoided in cases of diarrhea due to Spleen Qi deficiency, or Damp-Phlegm conditions with a white greasy coat

Originally Appeared In:

  • Craft of Medicinal Treatment for Childhood Disease Patterns (Xiao Er Yao Zheng Zhi Jue)

Sources & References

Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus

The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.

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