Prescriptions for Invigorating Yang
Yougui Yin
Name
The Prescription of Yougui Yin
Source
The book Jing Yue Quan Shu
Ingredients
Shu Di 6~9 gShan Yao 6 gShan Zhu Yu 3 gGou Qi 6 gZhi Gan Cao 3~6 gDu Zhong 6 gRou Gui 3~6 gFu Zi 3~9 gExplanation
Shu Di: The principal drug, nourish the kidney and supplement essence.
Shan Zhu Yu, Gou Qi Zi: Tonify the liver and kidney.
Shan Yao: Tonify the spleen and the kidney.
Zhi Gan Cao: Invigorate the spleen and stomach, temper the actions of all the other ingredients.
Du Zhong: Tonify liver and kidney.
Rou Gui: Reinforce fire and strengthen yang, dispel cold and stop pain, warm meridians and collaterals.
Fu Zi: Restore yang from collapse, reinforce fire and strengthen yang, dispel cold to alleviate pain.
The Effect of Yougui Yin
Effect
Warm and tonify kidney-yang.
Indications
Kidney-yang deficiency, fatigue, cough with asthma, diarrhea, weak pulse, extreme chilliness, lumbago and gonyalgia, delivery woman with fever caused by deficiency-fire.
Administrations
Decoct in water for oral dose to be taken on empty stomach.
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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