What kinds of Rehmannia pills are there?

The “Dihuang Pill” family is huge, and Liuwei Dihuang Pill is just one of them. Many nourishing and health-preserving recipes are simplified and modified based on it. It has the same name as "Dihuang Pills", but the therapeutic drug ingredients are slightly different. You need to check carefully before use to avoid misuse. Liuwei Dihuang Pills are composed of cooked rehmannia, cornus officinalis, Chinese yam, oriental water plantain, peony bark, and coix seed.

Its characteristics are both tonifying and purgative, calm and sweet, neither noisy nor warm, tonifying without stagnation, nourishing without greasy, and it is one of the representative prescriptions for nourishing yin. It is suitable for dizziness, tinnitus, low back pain, thirst quenching, etc. caused by insufficient kidney yang and deficiency heat. Maiwei Dihuang Pills are composed of "Liuwei" plus Ophiopogon japonicus and Schisandra chinensis, and are also called Eight Immortals Longevity Pills, with significant protective properties. It is suitable for lung and kidney yin deficiency, such as night sweats, dry throat and hemoptysis, dizziness and tinnitus, etc. It also has a very good effect on dry throat, dry mouth, cough, blood in sputum, etc. caused by long-term coughing and damaging the yin, or active hepatitis (such as tuberculosis). Modern scientific research shows that it can also be used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease combined with cor pulmonale.

Zhibai Dihuang Wan, which adds Zhimu and Phellodendron to the "Six Flavors" formula, improves the efficacy of nourishing insufficient kidney yang and purging false heat. Patients with menopausal syndrome, neurological deafness, chronic pharyngitis, diffuse oral ulcers, etc., if they have symptoms such as yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire, night sweats, dry throat and taste, hemoptysis, yellow and red urine, swollen and painful gums, etc., belong to yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire, and are suitable for this treatment drug. Qiju Dihuang Pills are composed of "Liuwei" plus wolfberry and yellow chrysanthemum. The difference between it and Liuwei Dihuang Pills is that the former enhances the effect of nourishing the liver and improving eyesight, and mainly nourishes the kidneys; the latter nourishes insufficient kidney yang. Traditional Chinese medicine treats eye diseases by usually starting with the kidneys.

Qiju Dihuang Pills can treat dizziness, decreased vision, blurred vision, and other eye diseases associated with kidney deficiency, as well as hypertension and diabetes. Guishao Dihuang Wan, which adds Chuanxiong and Chishao to Liuwei Dihuang Wan, forms this panacea for gynecological diseases. It can nourish yin and reduce fire, soften the liver, nourish the kidneys and strengthen yang. Excessive blood loss during women's menstrual period can damage their yin. This medicine can purposefully treat menstrual bleeding, dizziness, fatigue, back and leg pain, tinnitus, etc. caused by kidney deficiency in women. Mingmu Dihuang Pills, which are made up of the "Six Flavors" plus wolfberry, chrysanthemum, angelica, peony root, tribulus terrestris and cassia bark. It is mainly used to treat eye diseases, especially dry eyes, blurred vision, and tears in the wind caused by kidney deficiency.

Guifu Dihuang Pills are made on the basis of "Liuwei" with cinnamon powder and rhubarb added. It is a yang-enhancing medicine that nourishes yin and tonifies the kidney. It is used to treat low back and knee pain, body edema, difficulty urinating, and frequent urination in the elderly caused by spleen and kidney deficiency and decline of life gate fire. A very simple way to distinguish yang deficiency is to look at the tongue coating. If the tongue coating is light in color and thick, it is mostly a sign of yang deficiency. In addition, people with yang deficiency are afraid of cold and have cold limbs.