[Preparation method and dosage]
Poria (Poria)
mix milk 3 liǎng Tanpi (Cortex Moutan Radicis)
3 liǎng Alisma (Rhizoma Alismatis)
3 liǎng [Efficacy]
nourishing yin and reducing fire.
[Indications]
syndrome/pattern of yin deficiency and effulgent fire, steaming bone fever, tidal fever, night sweat, waist and spine aching pain, seminal emission, dry mouth, slight pain in the throat, red tongue, thready and rapid pulse, strong ulnar pulse.
[Prescription]
This prescription is Six-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill, which is made by adding Phelloendron Bark and Anemarrhena. In addition to tonifying the liver and kidneys, It also has the effect of purging fire. The formula Six-Ingredient Rehmannia Pill has three tonics and three diarrhea, mainly tonic, liver, spleen and kidney, and kidney yin as the main one. It is a tonic with both diarrhea and can be taken for a long time; Phelloendron Bark, Anemarrhena nourishes the kidneys and reduces deficiency fire. The combination of various medicines can make up for the deficiency of kidney yin and reduce the deficiency fire of inflammation.
[Key points of syndrome differentiation]
- liver-kidney yin deficiency and steaming bone fever tidal fever.
- Dry mouth and sore throat.
- Red tongue.
- night sweat nocturnal emission.
- The pulse is thin and strong.
[Addition and subtraction]
- qi deficiency: Add Ginseng, Astragalus Root.
- Dry mouth and sore throat: Add Scrophularia Root and Platycodon Root.
- Backache: Add Twotooth Achyranthes Root and Eucommia Bark.
- blood stasis: Add motherwort herb, Salvia, Red Peony Root.
- night sweat: add light wheat, Chinese Angelica, Unprocessed Rehmannia Root.
- insomnia, palpitation due to fright: combined with Celestial Emperor Heart-Tonifying Pill.
- Hemorrhage (lung subcutaneous node): add lalang grass rhizome, hairyvein agrimonia herb.
[Attention to taboos]
Liver kidney yang deficiency should not be used if there is no fire. Spleen-stomach weakness may cause flatulence, indigestion, and loose stools if taken by those who take it. It must be taken together with spleen-stomach strengthening prescriptions.
[Modern application]
Chronic nephritis, diabetes, pulmonary subcutaneous node, hypertension, seminal emission, chronic urethritis, bladder inflammation, prostatitis, night sweat tinnitus, etc., belong to the syndrome/pattern of yin deficiency and effulgent fire.