Prescriptions for Invigorating Yang
Bu Tian Da Zao Wan (补天大造丸)
Name
The Prescription of 补天大造丸
Source
The book Qi Fang Lei Bian
Ingredients
1 Zi He Che,Lu Rong 60 g,Tiger Bone 30 g,Gui Ban 60 g,Sheng Di 120 g,Shan Yao 120 g,Dan Pi 90 g,Ze Xie 90 g,Fu Ling 90 g,Shan Yu Rou 120 g,Tian Dong 90 g,Mai Dong 60 g,Wu Wei Zi 90 g,Gou Qi 120 g,Dang Gui 120 g,Tu Si Zi 90 g,Po Gu Zhi 60 g,Niu Xi 90 g,Du Zhong 90 g,Rou Cong Rong 90 g.Explanation
Sheng Di: Being sweet and bitter in taste and cold in nature, nourishing Yin and enriching blood.
Tian Dong and Mai Dong: Being sweet in taste and cold and moist in nature, clearing away fire of deficiency type.
Wu Wei Zi: Astringing the lung to relieve cough.
Zi He Che, Lu Rong, Rou Cong Rong, Shan Yu Rou and Gou Qi: Tonifying the kidney, supplementing blood and essence.
Gui Ban: Activating the flow of Qi through the Ren channels to replenish Yin.
Tiger Bone: Expelling wind and dredging meridians, strengthening the tendons and bones.
Ze Xie and Fu Ling: Promoting water matebolism and inducing diuresis.
Shan Yao: Tonifying qi, nourishing yin, and tonifying the spleen, lung and kidney.
Du Zhong and Niu Xi: Expelling wind-dampness and reinforcing the liver and kidney.
Dang Gui: Nourishing blood and activating the flow of it.
Mu Dan Pi: Clearing heat and cooling blood, activating blood and resolving stasis, reducing deficiency heat.
Tu Si Zi: Tonifying the kidney, nourishing essence, nourish the liver to improve vision, reducing urination and stopping leukorrhagia, tonifying the spleen to check diarrhea.
Bu Gu Zhi: Warming the kidney and tonifying yang, securing essence and reducing urination, and warming the spleen to check diarrhea, relieving dyspnea.
The Effect of 补天大造丸
Effect
Clear away fire of deficiency type, tonify the kidney, supplement blood and essence.
Indications
Deficiency syndrome.
Administrations
All the drugs are ground into fine powder. The powder is made with honey into pills. 100 pills is taken each time.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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