Zhi Bo Di Huang Wan
Ingredients: Rehmannia cured root tuber (shu di huang), Asiatic dogwood fruit without seed (shan zhu yu), Chinese yam rhizome (shan yao), Poria sclerotium (fu ling), Asian water plantain rhizome (zhe xie), Tree peony root bark (mu dan pi), Anemarrhena rhizome (zhi mu), Phellodendron stem bark (huang bo).
| Mandarin: 知柏地黃丸 Pin-Yin: Zhi Bo Di Huang Wan English: Anemarrhena, Phellodendron, & Rehmannia Formula Romaji: Chibaku Jio Gan Kanji: 知柏地黄丸 Kampo: No |
Source:
- Golden Mirror of the Medical Tradition (Yi Zhong Jin Jian)
How it works:
- Nourishes yin
- Drains fire
- Clears deficiency heat and damp-heat
Clinical Applications:
- Fire due to yin deficiency
- Steaming-bone disorder
- Big pulse in chi position
- Damp-heat
Zhi Bo Di Huang Wan is a formula based on the classic formula Liu Wei Di Huang Tang with two more added ingredients, Anemarrhena and Phellodendron. This formula is used to nourish the yin by draining fire and damp-heat within the body, and it is used to extinguish fire caused by a yin deficiency as well as steaming-bone disorder.
|
English Name |
Pin-Yin Name |
|
Cooked Rehmannia |
Shu Di Huang |
|
Cornus |
Shan Zhu Yu |
|
Dioscorea |
Shan Yao |
|
Hoelen |
Fu Ling |
|
Alisma |
Ze Xie |
|
Moutan |
Mu Dan Pi |
|
Anemarrhena |
Zhi Mu |
|
Phellodendron |
Huang Bo |
Main Ingredient(s):
In this formula, Anemarrhena enriches yin, clears heat and fire, and moistens dryness. Phellodendron drains damp heat and kidney fire, as well as relieves toxicity. Rehmannia nourishes the yin and blood, while also tonifying the kidneys.