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Prescriptions for Invigorating Yang

You Gui Wan

Yougui Wan 右归丸 右歸丸
By the TCMHH editorial team Not medically reviewed How we work Updated 6 Oct 2026
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Name

You Gui Wan (Bolus for Reinforcing the Kidney Yang)

Source

The book Jing Yue Quan Shu

Ingredients

  • Shu Di (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata) 240 g
  • Shan Yao (stir-fried Rhizoma Dioscoreae) 120 g
  • Shan Zhu Yu (slightly stir-fried Fructus Corni) 90 g
  • Gou Qi (slightly stir-fried Fructus Lycii) 120 g
  • Lu Jiao Jiao (stir-fried Colla Cornus Cervi) 120 g
  • Tu Si Zi (Semen Cuscutae Preparata) 120 g
  • Du Zhong (stir-fried Cortex Eucommiae) 120 g
  • Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) 90 g
  • Rou Gui (Cortex Cinnamomi) 60-120 g
  • Fu Zi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata) 60-180 g

Explanation

  • Rou Gui, Fu Zi and Lu Jiao Jiao warm and tonify the kidney yang, supplement the vital essence and enrich the marrow.
  • Shu Di, Shan Zhu Yu, Shan Yao, Tu Si Zi, Gou Qi and Du Zhong nourish yin, benefit the kidney, tonify the liver and invigorate the spleen.
  • Dang Gui enriches the blood and tonifies the liver.

Nature and action

It warms the kidney yang, supplements essence and enriches the blood.

Indications

Syndrome due to insufficiency of the kidney yang and decline of the fire from Ming Men, marked by lassitude resulting from prolonged illness, aversion to cold and cold limbs, impotence and seminal emission, sterility caused by impotence, loose stools and even diarrhea with undigested food, enuresis, soreness and weakness of the loins and knees, and edema of the lower limbs. It is also applied in diseases carrying these signs and symptoms, such as coronary heart disease, toxemia of pregnancy, chronic nephritis, primary hypertension and prostatitis.

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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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