bubble_chart Efficacy

Nourishing water to moisten wood, tonifying blood improving vision.

bubble_chart Indications

Liver-kidney yin deficiency leading to blurred vision, unclear sight, or dry eyes, tearing in the wind, tinnitus, soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees, a reddish tongue with scant coating, and a thin, rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This formula is composed of Six-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill with the addition of Barbary Wolfberry Fruit and Chrysanthemum Flower, thus it not only has the effect of tonifying the liver and kidney, but also has the function of clearing heat and improving vision. In the formula, Six-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill nourishes water to moisten wood, treating symptoms such as soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, blurred vision, dizziness, tinnitus, and deafness due to liver-kidney yin deficiency; Barbary Wolfberry Fruit has a bitter and slightly sweet taste, slightly cold in nature, enters the liver and kidney meridians, can tonify the liver and kidney, and also nourishes blood and improves vision; Chrysanthemum Flower clears heat and improves vision, releases the exterior with its pungent-cool properties.

bubble_chart Syndrome Differentiation

1. liver-kidney yin deficiency syndrome/pattern.
2. Dry eyes.
3. Tearing in the wind.
4. Red tongue with little coating.
5. Thin and rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. Red eye swelling and pain: Add Anemarrhena, Phelloendron Bark, feather cockscomb seed, puncturevine caltrop fruit.
2. Dizziness and high blood pressure: Add Fleeceflower, Gastrodia Tuber, Uncaria, Abalone Shell.
3. Blurred vision: Add Dodder Seed, Peony Root, Chinese Angelica, Astragalus Root.
4. Eye distension: Add Gardenia, Prunella.
5. Tearing in the wind: Add Cimicifuga Rhizome, Pueraria Root, Plantain Seed.
6. Blurred vision: Combine with tonifying qi Congming Tang.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

bubble_chart Modern Application

This prescription regulates water metabolism, lowers blood sugar, and nourishes the optic nerve. It is used for optic atrophy, optic neuritis, senile internal visual obstruction, glaucoma, keratitis, scleritis, retinitis, hypertension, dizziness, and dacryocystitis.