HERB FORMULAS

TI HUANG DI TANG - 倜地黄汤 - EXALTED REHMANNIA DECOCTION

English: Exalted Rehmannia Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 3-15g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, disperses Cold and regulates the menses.
With Rou Cong Rong, for Blood Deficiency failing to supply the sinews of the Intestines, interfering with peristalsis.
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang 9-30g Nourishes Jing and Blood, fills the Marrow, and nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin.
With Gui Ban, for dizziness, insomnia, tinnitus, forgetfulness, afternoon fevers and night sweats due Yin Deficiency with Yang Rising.
Rx. Poloygoni Multiflori He Shou Wu 9-30g Tonifies the Liver and Kidneys, nourishes the Blood and nourishes Jing.
Rx. Dipsaci Xu Duan 6-21g Tonifies the Liver and Kidneys, stops uterine bleeding, calms the fetus and prevents miscarriage.
Colla Corii Asini E Jiao 3-16g Tonifies and nourishes the Blood, nourishes and moistens Yin and stops bleeding.
Plastrum Testudinis Gui Ban 9-45g Nourishes Yin, anchors Yang, benefits the Kidneys, nourishes the Blood, enriches Yin, stabilizes the Chong and Ren channels, cools the Blood and stops uterine bleeding.
Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi 5-18g Nourishes and tonifies Liver and Kidney Blood and Yin, benefits Jing and brightens the eyes.
Hb. Cistanches Rou Cong Rong 6-21g Tonifies the Kidneys, strengthens Yang,
benefits Jing and marrow and warms the Womb.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Regulates the Liver
  • Tonifies the Kidneys
  • Nourishes the Chong and Ren

SYNDROMES

  • Kidney Yin, Yang and Jing Deficiency with Liver Blood deficiency

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Lumbago: low back feels cold, weak and aching
  • Feeling chilled
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Cold limbs
  • General debility
  • Urinary frequency with abundant, clear urine or
  • Oliguria with edema
  • Maybe nocturia
  • Lassitude
  • Withdrawn, subdued behavior
  • Knees feel cold and aching
  • Tinnitus
  • Low libido
  • Infertility ("uterus cold and infertile")
  • Maybe anorexia
  • Maybe loose stools
  • Maybe chronic diarrhea or "cock crow" diarrhea
  • Poor memory
  • Aching in bones
  • Aching in leg and heel
  • Hair loss
  • Graying or whitening of the hair
  • Weak sexual function
  • Atrophy and weakness of the feet with difficulty walking
  • Brittle bones
  • Gradual deterioration of the hearing
  • Pale face
  • Pale lips
  • Blurred or failing vision
  • Spots before the eyes
  • Dizziness
  • Dry eyes
  • Pale nail beds
  • Irritability
  • Frightens easily
  • Insomnia with much dreaming
  • Tinnitus
  • Numbness of the limbs
  • Light menses or
  • Amenorrhea
  • Late menses
  • T: Normal, Pale or Pale and swollen
  • C: Little or Thin and white
  • P: Thready or Deep and thready - maybe slowor Thready and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • Thias formula strengthens the corpus luteum and creates a favorable environment for the ovum to implant.

MODIFICATIONS

With more pronounced Yang Deficiency: With more pronounced Yin Deficiency:
+ Sm. Cuscutae Tu Si Zi + Fr. Ligustri Lucidi Nu Zhen Zi
    + Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen
   
    + Hb. Ecliptae Mo Han Lian