Astragalus 10 gm, Trichosanthes 10 gm, Ophiopogon 10 gm (de-cored), Poria 10 gm, Ginseng 10 gm, Licorice 10 gm (roasted), Coptis 10 gm, Anemarrhena 10 gm, Rehmannia 20 gm, Gypsum 20 gm (ground), Cuscuta 10 gm, Cistanche 12 gm.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Mix with 600 ml of ox bile and an appropriate amount of refined honey to form pills, each the size of a phoenix tree seed. Take 30 pills with reed root juice, gradually increasing to 50 pills, twice daily.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Moistens the lungs and kidneys, tonifies qi, and clears heat.

bubble_chart Indications

Consumptive thirst, lower energizer kidney deficiency, characterized by excessive thirst and frequent urination.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This prescription treats consumptive thirst caused by kidney yin deficiency, virtual fire scorching body fluids, and lung-stomach dryness-heat. In the formula, Rehmannia and Ophiopogon Tuber nourish kidney water and lung yin; Ginseng, Astragalus Root, Trichosanthis Fruit, and Liquorice Root benefit original qi and generate body fluids; Anemarrhena, Coptis Rhizome, and Gypsum clear the lung and stomach, eliminating dryness-heat; Dodder Seed and Desertliving Cistanche replenish essence and blood, calming the mind. Zhang Lu's Qianjin Fang states: "(This formula) calms the mind and tonifies qi, clears heat and quenches thirst, drains yin fire, expels kidney pathogens, nourishes the lung and stomach, and clears the heart and spleen. It is a remedy for true yin deficiency and triple energizer disturbance, combining purging with tonification." This assessment is quite accurate.