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You Gui Wan 右归丸
Restore the Right [Kidney] Pill


Tradition:
TCM

Source / Author:
Collected Treatises of [Zhang] Jing-Yue, 1624

Herb Name
Zhi Fu Zi 制附子 (Prepared Aconite)
Rou Gui
肉桂 (Cinnamon)
Li Jiao Jiao
⿅角胶 (Deer horn gelatin) Shan Zhu Yu 山茱萸 (Cornus fruit)
Du Zhong
杜仲 (Eucommia)

Shu Di Huang 熟地黄 (Rehmannia)
Gou Qi Zi
枸杞子 (Wolfberry fruit)
Tu Si Zi
菟丝子 (Dodder seed)
Dang Gui
当归 (Chinese angelica)
Shan Yao
山药 (Chinese yam)

Latin
Aconitum carmichaeli
Cinnamomum cassia
Gelatinum Cornu Cervi
Cornus o
fficinalis

Eucommia ulmoides
Rehmannia glutinosa
Lycium barbarum
Cuscuta chinensis
Angelica sinensis
Dioscorea opposita

Amount
6–18 grams
6–12 grams



12 grams ea.
12–24 gms

12 grams ea.

9 grams
12 grams


Preparation:
Powder and prepare Honey pills. It may also be prepared as a decoction with the doses given above.

Function:
Warms the Kidneys, tonifies Yang, nourishes Essence, tonifies Blood

Use:
Formula pattern: Chronic weakness, exhaustion from chronic illness, cold extremities, lower back pain and weakness, loose stool, incontinence
1. Chronic Lower Back Pain; Degeneration of the Lumbar discs
2. Chronic Weakness due to Old age, Chronic disease or Convalescence
3. Infertility
4. Anovulation
5. Impotence
6. Incontinence
7. Edema
8. Chronic Anemia; Leukopenia
9. Addison’s Disease
10. Hyperaldosteronism
11. Hypothyroidism
12. Chronic Nephritis
13. Chronic Prostatitis
14. Delayed development in Children; Failure to Thrive; Learning di
fficulties
15. Diabetes
16. Multiple Sclerosis
17. Muscular Dystrophy
18. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus


Dose:
9–15 grams three times daily

Cautions:
1. Generally not used in Yin deficiency or Heat conditions

Modifications:
1. Ginseng makes this formula stronger and is necessary in marked Qi deficiency.
2. Chronic Diarrhea from Kidney Yang deficiency, add Schisandra Wu Wei Zi and Nutmeg
3. Stomach weakness with poor appetite and indigestion, add Dried Ginger.
4. Impotence, add Morinda Bai Ji Tian and Cistanches Rou Cong Rong

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