Effect
Nourish yin to reduce pathogenic fire.
Indications
Sore throat, dry mouth, Tinnitus, spermatorrhea, hectic fever with night sweat, yin deficiency with excessive fire, scanty dark urine.
Ingredients
Rhizoma Anemarrhenae (Zhimu) 40 g,
Huang Bo 40 g,
Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata (Shudihuang) 160 g,
Fructus Corni (Shanzhuyu) 80 g,
Cortex Radicis (Mudanpi) 60 g,
Rhizoma Dioscoreae (Shanyao) 80 g,
Poria (Fuling) 60 g,
Rhizoma Alismatis (Zexie) 60 g.
Explanation
Zhi Mu: Clearing heat and purging fire, nourishing yin and moistening dryness.
Huang Bo: Clearing heat and drying dampness, purging fire and removing toxicity, subduing deficiency heat.
Shu Di: Nourishing the kidney and replenishing essence.
Shan Zhu Yu: Warming up and tonifying the kidney and liver, arresting seminal emission.
Shan Yao: Reinforcing the kidney and benefiting the spleen, combining Shu Di and Shan Zhu Yu to enriching all the three Yin.
Ze Xie: Purging fire of the kidney and preventing Shu Di from resulting in stagnation of Qi due to its tonic and sticky nature.
Dan Pi: Clearing away pathogenic fire in the liver and restricting the warm nature of Shan Zhu Yu.
Fu Ling: Inducing diuresis co benefit the spleen, aiding Shan Yao in strengthening the spleen.
Administration
All the drugs are ground into fine powder. The powder is made with honey into pills.