Ba Wei Di Huang Wan
Ingredients: Radix Rehmanniae praeparata (shu di huang), Fructus Corni (shan zhu yu), Rhizoma Dioscoreae (shan yao), Poria (fu ling), Cortex Moutan (mu dan pi), Rhizoma Alismatis (ze xie), Radix Aconiti Lateralis praeparata (pao fu zi), Cortex Cinnamomi (rou gui).
| Mandarin: 八味地黃丸 Pin-Yin: Ba Wei Di Huang Wan English: Rehmannia Eight Formula Romaji: Hachimi Gan (Hachimi Jio Gan, Jinki Gan) Kanji: 八味丸 (八味地黄丸,腎気丸) Kampo: Yes |
Source:
- Essentials from the Golden Cabinet (Jing Gui Yao Lue)
How it works:
- Warms and supplements kidney yang
- Warms mingmen fire
- Nourishes yin and yang
Clinical Applications:
- Kidney yin and yang deficiency
- Deficient mingmen fire
- Cold sensation in lower body
- Weak qi
- Pale swollen tongue with moist coating
- Tense lower abdomen
Ba Wei Di Huang Wan is an ancient formula traditionally used to strengthen and nourish deficiencies in the kidneys by supplementing kidney yin and yang levels, as well as warming the mingmen fire.
|
English Name |
Pin-Yin Name |
|
Cooked Rehmannia |
Shu Di Huang |
|
Cornus |
Shan Zhu Yu |
|
Dioscorea |
Shan Yao |
|
Hoelen |
Fu Ling |
|
Moutan |
Mu Dan Pi |
|
Alisma |
Ze Xie |
|
Roasted Aconite |
Pao Fu Zi |
|
Cinnamon Bark |
Rou Gui |
Main Ingredient(s):
In this formula, Rehmannia nourishes the yin and blood, while also tonifying the kidneys.