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Rehmannia Six F.
chinese formulae

definition

Rehmannia Six F. = Liu Wei Di Huang Wan = "Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia"
sources: Hsu, 1980, p. 245; Yeung, p. 152; Bensky and Barolet, p. 263.
signs and symptoms: Sore and weak lower back and knees, night sweats, vertigo, tinnitus, diminished hearing, nocturnal emissions, hot palms and soles, toothache.
tongue and pulse: Red tongue with little coating, and rapid, thin pulse.
indications: Kidney and Liver Yin Xu (Deficiency). With the appropriate presentation, this formula may be used in treating conditions conventionally diagnosed as neurasthenia, senility, hyperthyroidism, tuberculosis, diabetes mellitus, chronic nephritis, urinary tract infection, nocturia, hypertension, functional uterine bleeding, impotence, nocturnal emission, and muscular weakness.
cautions and contraindications: Use with caution in cases with indigestion, diarrhea due to Spleen Xu (Deficiency), or a white, greasy tongue coating. Contraindicated in Yang Xu (Deficiency).
ingredients: dosage for two days:
» 20 grams: prepared rehmannia (shu di huang).
» 10 grams: cornus (shan zhu yu), dioscorea (shan yao).
» 9 grams: alisma (ze xie), poria (fu ling).
» 6 grams: moutan bark (mu dan pi).
modifications:
» for extreme thirst, add gypsum (shi gao) and dendrobium (shi hu).
» for severe depletion of fluids with Heat signs, substitute fresh rehmannia (sheng di huang) for prepared rehmannia (shu di huang).
» for severe Yin Xu (Deficiency), add asparagus (tian men dong), ophiopogon (mai men dong) and scrophularia (xuan shen).
» for diabetes, omit alisma (ze xie) and add a large dosage of trichosanthes root (tian hua fen).
» for Yang Xu (Deficiency), add cinnamon bark (rou gui) and aconite (fu zi).


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