You Gui Wan
Ingredients: Rehmannia cured root tuber (shu di huang), Chinese yam rhizome (shan yao), Lycium fruit (gou qi zi), Deer antler (lu jiao fen), Chinese dodder seed (tu si zi ),Eucommia stem bark (du zhong),Asiatic dogwood fruit without seed (shan zhu yu),Dong quai root (dang gui), Sichuan aconite cured lateral root (zhi fu zi), Cassia bark (rou gui).
| Mandarin: 右歸丸 Pin-Yin: You Gui Wan English: Eucommia & Rehmannia Formula Romaji: Uki Gan Kanji: 右帰丸 Kampo: No |
Source:
- Complete Works of Jing Yue (Jing Yue Quan Shu, 1624)
How it works:
- Tonifies kidney yang
- Supplements jing
- Tonifies the blood
Clinical Applications:
- Deficiency in kidney yang
- Deficiency in kidney qi
You Gui Wan is a classic formula, developed in the Ming dynasty by Zhang Jingyue, that replenishes jing by tonifying the kidney yang and the blood and supplementing jing. This formula can be used to treat a deficiency in kidney yang and kidney qi.
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English Name |
Pin-Yin Name |
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Cinnamon Bark |
Rou Gui |
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Aconite Root |
Fu Zi |
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Rehmannia |
Shu Di Huang |
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Cornus Fruit |
Shan Zhu Yu |
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Chinese Yam |
Shan Yao |
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Lycium Fruit |
Gou Qi Zi |
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Deer Antler Gelatin |
Lu Jiao Jiao |
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Dodder Seed |
Tu Si Zi |
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Eucommia |
Du Zhong |
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Angelica Root |
Dang Gui |
Main Ingredient(s):
In this formula, Rehmannia provides nourishment to the yin, jing, and blood while tonifying the blood, and Eucommia tonifies the liver, kidneys, and kidney yang.