formula | Modified Eight-Ingredient Pill Jia Jian Ba Wei Wan |
source | Shoushi Baoyuan Volume 9 |
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bubble_chart Composition Rehmannia glutinosa 250 gm (mixed with good wine, steamed in a clay pot for half a day, then mashed into a paste)
Dioscorea opposita 30 gm
Cornus officinalis 120 gm (flesh only, steamed with wine, then mashed into a paste)
Cinnamomum cassia (peeled)
Alisma plantago-aquatica (sliced, steamed, and baked dry)
Poria cocos (peeled)
Moutan bark
Each 15 gm
Schisandra chinensis 75 gm
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage
Grind the above ingredients into powder, add jujube paste and a small amount of refined honey, and form into pills the size of a phoenix tree seed. Take 60-70 pills each time, administered with light salt water before meals.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Generate kidney water and reduce heart fire.
bubble_chart Indications
After the healing or nearing the healing of sores and ulcers, the kidney water is depleted and cannot moisten the upper body, leading to the up-flaming of heart fire. The water and fire cannot balance each other, resulting in dysphoria in the heart, extreme dryness and thirst, and frequent urination. There may also be symptoms such as turbid urine, impotence, reduced appetite, gradual emaciation, swelling of the legs with thinning of the feet, and persistent sores in the mouth and tongue.