HERB FORMULAS

ER ZHI WAN

English: Two-Solstice Pill
Also Known As: Two Ultimate Pill

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Fr. Ligustri Lucidi Nu Zhen Zi 500g Nourishes and tonifies the Liver and Kidney Yin, clears Deficiency Heat and improves vision.
With Mo Han Lian, strengthens the Yin to blacken the hair.
Hb. Ecliptae Mo Han Lian 500g Nourishes and tonifies the Liver and Kidney Yin, cools the Blood and stops bleeding.
With Nu Zhen Zi, for dizziness, blurred vision, and pre-mature graying of the hair due to severe Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency with ascendant Yang.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Nourishes Kidney and Liver Yin and Blood

SYNDROMES

  • Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiencies

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Weak and sore lower back and knees
  • Weakness and atrophy of the legs
  • Dry, parched mouth and throat
  • Dizziness
  • Blurred vision
  • Insomnia
  • Dream disturbed sleep
  • Spermatorrhea
  • Prematurly gray hair
  • Premature hair loss
  • A bitter taste in the mouth
  • Nocturnal emissions
  • Hypermenorrhea
  • T: Red and dry

TREATS

  • Chronic nephritis
  • Aplastic anemia
  • Neurasthenia
  • Palpitations
  • Menorrhagia
  • Hematuria

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Use with caution for those with weak digestion.
  • Contraindicated for those with atrophy caused by Damp-Heat Invasion.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • This formula can replace Six Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, especially when chronic bleeding is manifest.

MODIFICATIONS

For a stronger effect: For chronic nephriitis due to Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiencies with Heat in the Blood:
+ Fr. Mori Sang Shen
+ Lycium Fruit, Chrysanthemum and Rehmannia Pill
Qi Ju Di Huang Wan
For chronic nephriitis due to Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiencies with Heat in the Blood and severe Yin Deficiency:
For chronic nephriitis due to Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiencies with Heat in the Blood and Liver Yang Rising:
+ Lycium Fruit, Chrysanthemum and Rehmannia Pill
Qi Ju Di Huang Wan
+ Lycium Fruit, Chrysanthemum and Rehmannia Pill
Qi Ju Di Huang Wan
+ Plastrum Testudinis Gui Ban + Rx. Gentianae Long Dan Cao
+ Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong + Sp. Prunellae Xia Ku Cao
For chronic nephriitis due to Liver and Kidney Yin and Yang Deficiencies with Heat in the Blood:
For aplastic anemia due to Qi and Yin Deficiencies:
+ Lycium Fruit, Chrysanthemum and Rehmannia Pill
Qi Ju Di Huang Wan
+ Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
+ Rz. Curculiginis Xian Mao + Colla Corii Asini E Jiao
+ Hb. Epimedii Yin Yang Huo + Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
For aplastic anemia due to Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiencies:
For hepatitis B with Damp-Heat:
+ Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang + Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae Yin Chen Hao
+ Sm. Cuscutae Tu Si Zi + Rz. Smilacis Glabrae Tu Fu Ling
+ Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui + Hb. Sedi Chui Pen Cao
+ Qi tonics if necessary
For hepatitis B with Heat:
For hepatitis B with a poor appetite:
+ Rx. Isatidis Ban Lan Gen
+ Processed Endothelium Corneum Gigariae Galli Ji Nei Jin + Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying
+ Dry-Fried Fr. Oryza Germinatus Gu Ya
For hepatitis B with constipation:
For threatened miscarriage:
+ Processed Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang
+ Cx. Eucommiae Du Zhong + Rz. Polygoni Cuspidati Hu Zhang
+ Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng
For threatened miscarriage with Qi Deficiency:
+ Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang + Cx. Eucommiae Du Zhong
+ Caul. Perillae Zi Su Geng + Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng
+ Cornu Cervi Degelatinatum Lu Jiao Shuang + Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang
For threatened miscarriage with Yang Deficiency:
+ Caul. Perillae Zi Su Geng
+ Cx. Eucommiae Du Zhong + Cornu Cervi Degelatinatum Lu Jiao Shuang
+ Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng + Rx. Pseudostellariae Tai Zi Shen
+ Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang + Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
+ Caul. Perillae Zi Su Geng
For threatened miscarriage with Yin Deficiency:
+ Cornu Cervi Degelatinatum Lu Jiao Shuang + Cx. Eucommiae Du Zhong
For threatened miscarriage with Blood Deficiency:
+ Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng
+ Cx. Eucommiae Du Zhong + Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang
+ Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng + Caul. Perillae Zi Su Geng
+ Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang + Cornu Cervi Degelatinatum Lu Jiao Shuang
+ Caul. Perillae Zi Su Geng + Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang
+ Cornu Cervi Degelatinatum Lu Jiao Shuang + Fol. Mori Sang Ye
+ Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi + Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
+ Testa Glycinis Lu Dou Yi + Caul Bambusae in Taeniam Zhu Ru
For threatened miscarriage with Qi Stagnation:
For threatened miscarriage with profuse bleeding:
+ Cx. Eucommiae Du Zhong + Cx. Eucommiae Du Zhong
+ Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng + Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng
+ Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang + Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang
+ Caul. Perillae Zi Su Geng + Caul. Perillae Zi Su Geng
+ Cornu Cervi Degelatinatum Lu Jiao Shuang + Cornu Cervi Degelatinatum Lu Jiao Shuang
+ Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang + Calcined Fossilia Ossis Mastodi Duan Long Gu
+ Fr. Amomi Sha Ren + Concha Ostreae Mu Li
For threatened miscarriage with constipation and dry stool:
+ Crinis Carbonisatus Xue Yu Tan
+ Cx. Eucommiae Du Zhong    
+ Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng    
+ Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang    
+ Caul. Perillae Zi Su Geng    
+ Cornu Cervi Degelatinatum Lu Jiao Shuang    
+ Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen    
+ Sm. Cannabis Huo Ma Ren    
+ Rx. Peucedani Qian Hu