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Prescriptions for Invigorating Yang

Shenqi Wan

肾气丸 金匮肾气丸 腎氣丸 金匱腎氣丸
By the TCMHH editorial team Not medically reviewed How we work Updated 6 Oct 2026
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Name

Bolus for Invigorating the Kidney-Yang

The Prescription of Shenqi Wan

Source

The book Jin Gui Yao Lue

Ingredients

Gan Di Huang (Radix Rehmanniae) 240 g,Shan Yao (Rhizoma Dioscoreae) 120 g,Shan Zhu Yu (Fructus Corni) 120 g,Ze Xie (Rhizoma Alismatis) 90 g,Fu Ling (Poria) 90 g,Mu Dan Pi (Cortex Moutan) 90 g,Gui Zhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi) 30 g,Fu Zi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata) 30 g.

Explanation

Gan Di Huang: Nourishing and tonifying the kidney-Yin

Shan Zhu Yu and Shan Yao: Being able not only to nourish the liver and spleen but also to supplement the kidney- Yin.

Gui Zhi and Fu Zi: Warming up the kidney-Yang.

Ze Xie and Fu Ling: Promoting water matebolism and inducing diuresis.

Dan Pi: Dispersing and purging the liver-fire.

The Effect of Shenqi Wan

Effect

Warming up and tonifying the kidney-Yang

Indications

Syndrome due to insufficiency of the kidney-Yang, marked by lumbago, flaccidity of the feet, cold sensation in the lower part of the body, tension in the lower abdomen, dysuria or polyuria, pale and puffy tongue with thin whitish moisture coating, and deep thready cubit pulse, or syndromes of beriberi, phlegm retention, diabetes, and dysuria with lower abdominal colic; including such diseases with the above symptoms as coronary heart disease, toxemia of pregnancy, chronic nephritis, prostatitis, lupus sebaceus, addisonian syndrome, mucous edema, chronic bronchitis, etc.

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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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