250 gm of Prepared Rehmannia Root, 120 gm of Chinese Yam (stir-fried), 90 gm of Cornus Fruit (lightly stir-fried), 120 gm of Wolfberry (lightly stir-fried), 120 gm of Deer Antler Glue (stir-fried beads), 120 gm of Dodder Seed (processed), 120 gm of Eucommia Bark (stir-fried with ginger decoction), 90 gm of Chinese Angelica (not to be used in cases of loose stools), 60 gm of Cinnamon Bark (can be gradually increased to 120 gm), 60 gm of Prepared Aconite (can be gradually increased to 150-160 gm).

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind into fine powder, first steam the cooked rehmannia until soft and pound into a paste, make into pills with refined honey, as big as marbles. Take 2-3 pills each time, administer with boiled water.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Warming and tonifying kidney yang.

bubble_chart Indications

Insufficient kidney yang, decline of life gate fire, mental fatigue and timidity, fear of cold and cold limbs, impotence and seminal emission, infertility, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, involuntary urination, arthralgia, generalized edema; or fire failing to generate earth, deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach, reduced food intake, or nausea and distension, or regurgitation and dysphagia, or frequent pain in the umbilical and abdominal regions, or unformed stools, frequent diarrhea and dysentery.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This formula is derived from the Jingui Yaolue Kidney Qi Pill with modifications, and is used to treat syndromes caused by kidney yang deficiency, life gate fire decline, or fire failing to generate earth. In addition to cinnamon and aconite, the formula includes Cervi Deer-Horn Glue, Dodder Seed, and Eucommia Bark to enhance the warming yang and kidney-tonifying effects. It also adds Chinese Angelica and Barbary Wolfberry Fruit, combined with Prepared Rehmannia Root, Chinese Yam, and Asiatic Cornelian Cherry Fruit to strengthen the nourishing yin and blood effects. The combination of medicinals for nourishing yin and blood aligns with the principle stated in Jingyue Quanshu: "Those who excel in tonifying yang must treat yin for yang."

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If there is yang deficiency and qi deficiency, Ginseng may be added as appropriate; if there is yang deficiency with seminal emission or loose stools, add wine-fried Psoralea; if there is lienteric diarrhea or persistent kidney diarrhea, add Schisandra Fruit and Nutmeg; if there is deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach, reduced appetite, difficulty in digestion, or vomiting and acid regurgitation, add Dried Ginger; if abdominal pain persists, add Evodia Fruit; if there is soreness and pain in the waist and knees, add walnut kernel; if there is yin deficiency impotence, add Morinda officinalis and Desertliving Cistanche, or add yellow dog's external kidney.