Is it good to take Liuwei Dihuang Pills regularly?

Liuwei Dihuang Pills, which looks like a Western medicine tablet, is actually a rare Chinese medicine preparation. The medicinal materials for Liuwei Dihuang Pills are all top-grade Chinese herbal medicines, so the side effects of this medicine on the human body can be very small or even non-existent. However, many people mistakenly believe that Liuwei Dihuang Pills can be used as a medicine that can be taken frequently. Is this statement correct?

Research has found that Liuwei Dihuang Pills are a health-care medicine made by mixing and compressing up to 137 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines. Therefore, it can also treat many other diseases. However, many people think that it is a complete misunderstanding that Liuwei Dihuang Pills can be taken without restraint.

Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes treatment based on syndrome differentiation, and Chinese patent medicine is no exception. The first thing to be clear is that Liuwei Dihuang Pills are mainly used to nourish kidney yin. Judging from the composition of the prescription, it can achieve the effect of nourishing the three yin (tonifying the kidney yin, liver yin and spleen yin). For example, Rehmannia root can nourish kidney yin; Cornus officinalis can nourish both the liver and kidney, nourishing the liver to replenish the acquired constitution. There is no "aphrodisiac" Chinese medicinal ingredient in it. From this we can see that Liuwei Dihuang Pills are only suitable for patients with yin deficiency.

So, how to infer whether it is Yin deficiency or Yang deficiency? The typical symptoms of kidney Yin deficiency are soreness of waist and knees, hot flashes, night sweats, hot palms and soles of feet, dry mouth and throat, and are often accompanied by spermatorrhea, nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation and so on. The typical symptoms of kidney yang deficiency are soreness in the waist and knees, fatigue intolerance, frequent feeling of fatigue, cold limbs, preference for heat and fear of cold, etc. Some people with insufficient kidney yang may also experience erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, spermatorrhea and other functional problems. It should be noted that Yin deficiency and Yang deficiency refer to symptoms that only appear after kidney deficiency develops to a certain extent. Most people may only be in a state of mild kidney deficiency, far from reaching the level of kidney yin deficiency or kidney yang deficiency. It is not recommended to make any inferences about these. on your own, but they should be decided by your doctor after a detailed examination and consultation.

Although Liuwei Dihuang Pills is one of the few very good medicines on the market, there is a saying in Chinese medicine that all medicines are three-part poison. We can take some Liuwei Dihuang Pills when needed, but we must never take this medicine as food, as it will cause dependence. This will not only not be beneficial to the body, but will have the opposite effect.