bubble_chart Efficacy

Tonify the kidneys and assist yang.

bubble_chart Indications

Kidney qi deficiency, soreness in the waist and weakness in the legs, limbs fear of cold, lower abdominal tension, difficulty or frequency in urination, pale and swollen tongue texture, thin white coating, deep and thin weak pulse; and phlegm-fluid retention causing wheezing and cough, edema, beriberi, consumptive thirst, chronic diarrhea.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

The formula uses Dried Rehmannia Root to nourish kidney yin; Asiatic Cornelian Cherry Fruit, Chinese Yam to tonify the liver and spleen, assisting in nourishing kidney yin, and a small amount of Cinnamon Twig, Aconite Lateral Root to warm and tonify kidney yang, aiming to gently generate a small fire to produce kidney qi. The Yizong Jinjian states: "This Kidney Qi Pill incorporates Cinnamon and Aconite in a ratio of one to ten within a yin-enriching formula, not intending to tonify fire, but to gently generate fire, which is kidney qi." The purpose is to "benefit the source of fire to eliminate yin nebula." In the formula, Alisma and Poria promote urination and drain dampness; Moutan Bark clears and drains liver fire, paired with warming and tonifying kidney yang herbs, aiming to tonify while also draining, ensuring the tonification is not cloying. The combination of medicinals in this formula belongs to the category of "treating yin for yang," as Zhang Jing-yue said: "Those skilled in tonifying yang must treat yin for yang, as yang, aided by yin, will generate and transform endlessly."

bubble_chart Modern Application

Modern medicine believes that this prescription enhances immune function, boosts endocrine function, and regulates water metabolism. It is used for chronic nephritis, hyperaldosteronism, hypothyroidism, prostatic hypertrophy, diabetes, hypertension, neurasthenia, chronic bronchitis, cor pulmonale, postpartum urinary retention, senile internal visual obstruction, AIDS, retrograde ejaculation, abnormal sperm motility, retracted yang, immune infertility, premature ejaculation, small penis, excessive abnormal sperm, oligospermia, and overexertion.