Ming Mu Di Huang Wan 明目地黄丸
Rehmannia Improve the Vision Pills

Tradition:

TCM

Source / Author:

Scrutiny of the Precious Jade Case (1644)

Herb Name	Latin	Amount
Shu Di Huang (Rehmannia)	Rehmannia glutinosa	120 grams
Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia)	Rehmannia glutinosa
Shan Zhu Yu (Cornus fruit)	Cornus officinalis
Shan Yao (Chinese yam)	Dioscorea opposita
Fu Shen (Poria with root)	Poria cocos
Mu Dan Pi (Tree peony root)	Paeonia suffruticosa
Ze Xie (Water Plantain root)	Alisma plantago-aquatica
Chai Hu (Bupleurum)	Bupleurum chinense
Dang Gui (Chinese Angelica)	Angelica sinensis
Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra)	Schisandra chinesis	60 grams ea.

Preparation:

Powder and form small pills with Honey.

Function:

Nourish the Yin of the Liver and Kidneys, Strengthens the Eyes

Use:

1. Poor or failing vision
2. Photophobia
3. Myopia
4. Retinitis
5. Optic neuritis
6. Optic nerve atrophy
7. Macular degeneration
8. Cataracts
9. Glaucoma

Dose:

9 grams of the pills, three times daily

Cautions:

None noted

Modifications:

1. Poor or failing Eyesight, add Lycium Gou Qi Zi
2. Signs of Heat, add Anemarrhena Zhi Mu and Phellodendron Huang Bai
3. Macular Degeneration, add Lycium Gou Qi Zi, Chrysanthemum Ju Hua, Mistletoe (Sang Ji Shen)