What Chinese patent medicine should I take for liver and kidney yang deficiency?

The kidneys are one of the most important organs in the human body. Without a healthy kidney, not only will life be difficult, but the person will also suffer mentally. This is very common in men. People with kidney yang deficiency usually feel weak, have back pain, weak legs, frequent urination, and decreased quality of sex life. So, once they encounter the problem of kidney yang deficiency, what type of Chinese patent medicine can solve it?

1. Jinkui Shenqi Pills

Jinkui Shenqi Pills have the effect of warming and tonifying kidney yang. This medicine is a thousand-year-old famous prescription for treating kidney yang deficiency. The "Rehmannia Pill" series of prescriptions in later generations were all derived from this prescription. Jinkui Shenqi Pills are suitable for patients with kidney yang deficiency who have symptoms such as low back pain, weak legs, abdominal cramps, coldness in the lower body, difficulty urinating, frequent urination, athlete's foot, phlegm and thirst. The usage of this medicine is: take 6 grams of water-honey pills each time, 9 grams of small honey pills each time, and 1 large honey pill each time, 2 to 3 times a day. If patients experience dry mouth and hard stools after taking the medicine, they should adjust the dosage or stop taking the medicine.

2. Yougui Pills

Yougui Pills have a long history of clinical application in traditional Chinese medicine. It has the effects of warming and nourishing kidney yang, replenishing essence and stopping nocturnal emission. It has a good therapeutic effect on symptoms such as soreness and coldness of waist and knees, impotence and spermatorrhea caused by kidney yang deficiency. Yougui Pills have a stronger effect in warming and tonifying kidney yang than Jinkui Shenqi Pills and are more suitable for the elderly or those with chronic illnesses. The usage of this medicine is the same as Jinkuishenqi Pills. It should be noted that patients with hypertension should use Yougui Pills with caution.

3. Guifu Dihuang Pills

Guifu Dihuang Pills are made by adding cinnamon and aconite to Liuwei Dihuang Pills. It is more suitable for cold limbs, abdominal pain, clear and long urination, loose stools, impotence, spermatorrhea or female infertility caused by kidney yang deficiency. It should be noted that the cinnamon in the prescription is a warm medicine and is not suitable for treating patients with diabetes, chronic nephritis, hypertension, and heart disease who have symptoms such as dry mouth, irritability, shortness of breath, dry stool and yellow urine.

4. Qiwei Duqi Pills

Liuwei Dihuang Pills are made by adding Schisandra chinensis to them. Schisandra chinensis has the function of nourishing, consolidating and astringing, so Qiwei Duqi Pills are suitable for treating weak cough, asthma, spermatorrhea, etc. caused by insufficient kidney yang.

5. Jisheng Shenqi Pills

Jisheng Shenqi Pills have the effects of warming the kidney, transforming qi, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. They are suitable for patients with kidney yang deficiency edema who have symptoms such as soreness of the waist and knees, difficulty urinating, phlegm, wheezing and coughing. Its usage is the same as Jinkui Shenqi Pills.

6. Zhibao Sanbian Pill

Zhibao Sanbian Pills can replenish blood, produce sperm, strengthen the brain and nourish the kidneys. It is used for physical weakness caused by kidney deficiency, back pain, dizziness, palpitations, forgetfulness, sweating, chills and insomnia, pale complexion, and loss of appetite due to qi deficiency.

7. Si Shen Wan

Sishen Pills have the effects of warming the kidney and spleen, astringing the intestines and stopping diarrhea. It is suitable for patients with kidney yang deficiency and spleen and kidney deficiency and cold syndrome who have symptoms such as early morning diarrhea, loose stools, abdominal pain, back pain, cold limbs, etc. Si Shen Wan is a famous prescription for treating diarrhea at dawn. It is mostly used clinically to treat diarrhea that often occurs in the early morning due to kidney yang deficiency (deficiency of life gate fire). The usage of this medicine is: take 9 grams each time, 1 to 2 times a day.