HERB FORMULAS

GUI SHAO DI HUANG TANG - 归芍地黄汤 - ANGELICA, PEONY AND REHMANNIA DECOCTION

English: Angelica, Peony and 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, regulates the menses, disperses Cold and stops pain due to Blood Stasis.
With Bai Shao, regulates and harmonizes Qi and Blood.
With Shu Di Huang, for Heat symptoms due to Yin Deficiency and Devastated Blood.
With Bai Shao and Fu Ling, for diarrhea during pregnancy with mild abdominal pain.
Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao 5-30g Nourishes the Blood, regulates menstruation, softens the Liver and relieves pain.
With Dang Gui, nourishes Yin and Blood.
With Dang Gui and Shu Di Huang, for dizziness, blurred vision, and dysmenorrhea due to Blood Deficiency or Stasis.
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang 8-30g Tonifies the Kidneys and nourishes Jing, Yin and Blood.
With Shan Zhu Yu, nourishes Kidney Yin and secures Jing, while restraining urination and sweating .
Fr. Corni Shan Zhu Yu 4-20g Nourishes Kidney Yin and Yang, astringes Jing and Yin and stops perspiration.
With Shan Yao, tonifies the Liver and Spleen.
With Shu Di Huang and Shan Yao, for urinary frequency (day or night), dizziness, tinnitus and lower back pain due to Kidney Deficiency.
Rx. Dioscoreae Shan Yao 4-15g Strengthens the Spleen , stabilizes the Kidneys and astringes Jing.
With Shu Di Huang and Shan Zhu Yu, for Kidney Deficiency with spermatorrhea, dizziness, tinnitus, lower back pain, impotence and night sweats.
Poria Fu Ling 3-15g Strengthens the Spleen and drains Dampness.
With Ze Xie, facilitates the removal of water and leaches out Dampness to treat stagnant water and Dampness leading to edema, jaundice, diarrhea, Milky Lin, and scanty, difficult urination with abdominal distention.
Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi 3-15g Clears Heat, cools the Blood clears and Deficiency Fire.
Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie 3-15g Promotes urination and prevents Kidney Fire as a result of tonification.
With Fu Ling and Mu Dan Pi, regulates the Kidneys, Liver and Spleen, drains and tonifies.
With Fu Ling, promotes urination.
With Mu Dan Pi, for steaming bone disorder, dizziness, and vertigo.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Nourishes the Liver and Kidneys
  • Tonifies Yin and Blood
  • Clears Deficiency Heat

SYNDROMES

  • Kidney and Liver Yin and Blood Deficiency

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Low back, knees and legs painful and weak
  • Foot pain
  • Light-headedness
  • Vertigo
  • Tinnitus
  • Diminished hearing
  • Five-Sole-Heat
  • Chronic dry, sore throat
  • Toothache
  • Wasting and thirsting disorder (Xiao Ke)
  • Dizziness
  • Muscular weakness
  • Dry skin
  • Deafness
  • Steaming bones
  • Delayed closing or unclosed fontanel in infants
  • Tidal fevers
  • Loose teeth
  • Dripping urine
  • Thirst
  • Dry tongue
  • Numbness and weakness at the waist and knees
  • Heel pain
  • Dry mouth
  • Dry throat
  • Blurred vision
  • Urinary incontinence
  • Spontaneous and nocturnal emissions
  • Night sweats
  • T: Red
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Use caution for those with Spleen Deficiency type diarrhea and indigestion with a white greasy tongue coat.
  • Use caution in areas where diseases are predominantly caused by Dampness.
  • Contraindicated for those with Yang Deficiency.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For dysmenorrhea due to Kidney Deficiency with Blood Stagnation: For infertility during the follicular phase:
+ Fr. Lycii
- Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie + Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen
- Fr. Corni Shan Zhu Yu
- Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi + Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi
- Poria Fu Ling + Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ Rx. Dipsaci Xu Duan For common warts:
+ Sm. Leonuri Yi Mu Cao - Fr. Corni Shan Zhu Yu
For tremors: - Rx. Dioscoreae Shan Yao
+ 15g Rz. Gastrodiae Tian Ma - Poria Fu Ling
    - Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi
    - Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
    + 6g Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong
    + 6g Sm. Persicae Tao Ren
    + 6g Flos Carthami Hong Hua
    + 6g Rz. Curcumae E Zhu
    + 6g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
   
    + 6g Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu
    + 15g Rx. Polygoni Multiflori He Shou Wu
   
    + 15g Spica Prunellae Xian Ku Cao
    + 15g Rx. Isatidis Ban Lan Gen
    + 30g Fossilia Ossis Mastodi Long Gu
   
    + 30g Concha Ostreae Mu Li