HERB FORMULAS

QING GU ZI SHEN TANG JIA WEI - 清骨滋肾汤加味 - MODIFIED COOL THE BONES AND NOURISH THE KIDNEYS DECOCTION

English: Modified Cool the Bones and Nourish the Kidneys Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Wine-washed Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi 5-18g Nourishes and tonifies Liver and Kidney Blood and Yin and benefits Jing.
Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi 6-12g Clears Heat, cools, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, clears Deficiency Fire and clears Liver Fire.
Wit6h Sheng Di Huang, for Kidney Yin Deficiency with steaming bones.
With Zhi Mu and Sheng Di Huang, for menopause with Yin Deficiency and Heat.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 5-30g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin and generates fluids.
With Xuan Shen, for Kidney Yin Deficiency with Fire Blazing with soreness and swelling in the throat, dry mouth and a parched tongue.
Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen 7-30g Clears Heat, cools the Blood and nourishes Yin.
Rx. Glehniae Bei Sha Shen 9-30g Tonifies Liver and Kidney Yin.
Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi 1.5-9g Tonifies the Kidneys and astringes Jing.
With Mu Li and Xuan Shen, for night sweats due to Yin Deficiency.
Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu 6-12g Clears Heat, drains Fire, nourishes Yin, moistens Dryness and clears Deficiency Fire.
Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai 3-12g Drains Damp-Heat especially from the Lower Jiao and drains Deficiency Heat.
With Zhi Mu, for Yin Deficiency fever with steaming bones and night sweats.
Cx. Albizziae He Huan Pi 6-30g Invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, regulates Qi and alleviates pain.
Vinegar-fried Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu 6-14g Spreads and regulates Liver Qi, regulates menstruation and alleviates pain.
Concha Ostreae Mu Li 9-30g Calms the Liver, benefits Yin and anchors Floating Yang.
Sm. Citri Reticulatae Ju He 3-9g Promotes the movement of Qi, dissipates clumps and stops pain for swelling and pain of the breasts and acute mastitis.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Nourishes Kidney Yin
  • Clears Blood Heat
  • Regulates the Liver

SYNDROMES

  • Kidney Yin Deficiency with Blood Heat and Liver Qi Stagnation

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Long-term infertility
  • Early menstruation
  • Possibly a history of late menarche
  • Irregular periods
  • Infrequent menstruation
  • Decreased menses with light colored Blood and no blood clots
  • Period either scanty or heavy
  • Prolonged menstrual cycle
  • Amenorrhea
  • Loss of libido
  • Emaciation
  • Dizziness
  • Night sweating
  • Blurred vision
  • Palpitations
  • Insomnia
  • Tinnitus
  • Hearing loss
  • A weak lower body
  • Five sole Heat or
  • Low-grade fever in the afternoon
  • Back soreness
  • Aches and weakness in the waist and legs
  • Dry mouth
  • Dry bowl movements
  • Dry vagina
  • Cold limbs
  • A dusky complexion
  • Dull-pale complexion
  • Early periods
  • Light menstruation
  • Distention and pain in the sides or flanks
  • Suffocating sensation in the chest
  • Tendency to sigh
  • Melancholy
  • Depression
  • Irritability
  • Inappropriate anger
  • Irregular menses
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Breast distention and pain before and during menses
  • T: Red or Reddish pink
  • C: Thin and white or Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid or Floating and Empty or Wiry

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • Take this formula premenstrually and take Modified Liang Di Tang after menstruation.

MODIFICATIONS