HERB FORMULAS

JIA WEI SHEN QI WAN - 加味腎氣丸 - AUGMENTED KIDNEY QI PILL

English: Augmented Kidney Qi Pill
Kidney Qi Pill from Formulas to Aid the Living
Also Known As: Ji Sheng Shen Qi Wan
Augmented Rehmannia Eight Formula
Augmented  Pills for Restoring the Vital Energy and Function of the Kidney
Augmented Kidney Qi Pills from the Golden Cabinet

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang 8-30g Nourishes Yin and Blood and tonifies the Kidneys.
With Shan Zhu Yu, nourishes Kidney Yin and secures Jing, while restraining urination and sweating.
With Shan Zhu Yu and Shao Yao, for dizziness, weak and sore back, impotence, spermator-rhea, night sweats, due to Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency.
With Shan Zhu Yu, Mu Dan Pi, Fu Ling and Ze Xie, for Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency.
Fr. Corni Shan Zhu Yu 4-30g Nourishes Kidney Yin and Yang, astringes Yin and stops Excess perspiration.
With Shan Yao, tonifies the Liver and benefits the Spleen.
Rx. Dioscoreae Shan Yao 4-30g Strengthens the Spleen, stabilizes the Kidneys and nourishes Jing.
With Shu Di Huang and Shan Zhu Yu, for Kidney Deficiency with spermatorrhea, dizziness, tinnitus, lower back pain, impotence and night sweats
Rx. Lateralis Aconiti Preparata Zhi Fu Zi 1-60g Tonifies the Ming Men, dispels Cold, eliminates Dampness and tonifies Kidney Yang.
With Rou Gui, leads Fire back to its source for Kidney Yin Deficiency with Fire. Blazing Up-ward (small dose of each, 1-2g, combined with Yin tonics
With Rou Gui and Shu Di Huang, for Kidney Yang Deficiency with waning of Ming Men Fire with aversion to Cold, weak and sore back and legs, impotence, and urinary frequency.
With Shu Di Huang and Rou Gui, for Kidney Yang Deficiency with waning of Ming Men Fire with aversion to Cold, weak and sore back and legs, impotence, and urinary frequency.
With Fu Ling, for lower body edema and dysuria.
Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui 3-15g Warms the Kidneys, Spleen and Heart, strengthens Yang and Ming Men Fire, disperses deep Cold, warms the channels, unblocks the channels and vessels, alleviates pain, leads the Fire back to its source and assists the generation of Qi and Blood.
With Zhi Fu Zi, powerfully tonifies Kidney Yang, for Kidney Yang Deficiency with lower back pain and weakness in the legs and knees and deficiency of Ming Men Fire with impotence or infertility.
With Shu Di Huang, Shan Zhu Yu Zhi Fu Zi, for Kidney Yang Deficiency.
Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie 3-30g Promotes urination and prevents Kidney Fire as a result of tonification.
With Mu Dan Pi, for steaming bone disorder, dizziness, and vertigo.
With Fu Ling and Mu Dan Pi, regulates the Kidneys, Liver and Spleen, drains and tonifies.
With Fu Ling, promotes urination, strengthens the Spleen and drains Dampness, enabling Gui Zhi to warm the Bladder.
Poria Fu Ling 3-30g Strengthens the Spleen and drains Dampness.
With Gui Zhi, warms and transforms the Fluids, unblocks Yang and promotes urination.
Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi 3-30g Clears Heat, Deficiency Fire, cools and harmonizes the Blood, invigorates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis .
With Ze Xie, Mu Dan Pi and Shan Zhu Yu, for spermatorrhea due to Kidney Yin Deficiency with Heat.
Wine-prepared Rx. Cyathulae Jiu Chuan Niu Xi 15g Tonifies the Kidneys and Liver, strengthens the tendons and bones, invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, expels Wind, drains Dampness, promotes urination and treats dysuria.
Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi 15-30g Promotes urination, clears Damp-Heat, clears the Lungs, expels Phlegm, stops cough, clears Liver Heat and clears the eyes.
With Ze Xie, for Lin Syndrome, edema and distention.
With Jiu Chuan Niu Xi, for Kidney deficiency edema.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Warms and Tonifies the Kidney Yang
  • Assists Qi in transforming water
  • Promotes urination
  • Reduces edema

SYNDROMES

  • Kidney Yang Deficiency with overflow of water

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Aversion to Cold
  • Cold extremities
  • Scanty urination
  • Edema of the legs
  • Abdominal distention
  • Lower back soreness and pain
  • Severe pitting edema
  • Fatigue
  • Sensory numbness
  • Urinary difficulties
  • T: Pale, swollen and tooth-marked
  • C: White and slippery
  • P: Deep and wiry

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with Yin Deficiency Fire.
  • Contraindicated for those with Excess Fire with damaged Body Fluids.
  • Contraindicated for those with Exterior symptoms.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For weakness and fatigue due to Qi Deficiency: For impotence and other sexual disorders:
+ Rx. Astragali Huang Qi + Plastrum Testudinis Gui Ban
+ Rx. Ginseng
+ Cornu Cervi Degelatinatum
for soreness and pain of the upper and lower back:
For abdominal fullness and swelling:
+ Cx. Eucommiae Du Zhong + Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
+ Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi + Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae Han Fang Ji
For Hashimoto's Thyroiditis with marked Kidney Yang Deficiency:
For Hashimoto's Thyroiditis with constipation:
+ 9g Hb. Cynomorii Suo Yang
+ 9g Hb. Epimedii Yin Yang Huo + 9g Hb. Cistanches Rou Cong Rong
+ 9g Rz. Curculiginis Xian Mao
For Hashimoto's Thyroiditis with loose stools:
For Hashimoto's Thyroiditis with edema:
 + Fr. Psoraliae Bu Gu Zhi
+ More Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie + 9g Sm. Cuscutae Tu Si Zi
+ More Poria Fu Ling
For Hashimoto's Thyroiditis with marked low back and knee pain:
+ 12g Cx. Acanthopanacis Wu Jia Pi
+ 12g Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng
+ 12g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu + 12g Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi
For Hashimoto's Thyroiditis with spine and low back pain accompanied by Cold sensations:
 + 12g Rx. Dipsaci Xu Duan
For Hashimoto's Thyroiditis with Heart palpitations:
+ 12g Rz. Cibotii Gou Ji
+ 12g Rx. Dipsaci Xu Duan - Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui
+ 12g Cx. Eucommiae Du Zhong + Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi
For Hashimoto's Thyroiditis with abdominal distention:
 + 12g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen
+ 9g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia + 12g Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong
For Hashimoto's Thyroiditis with anorexia:
+ 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi + 9g Massa Medicata Fermentata Shen Qu
For Hashimoto's Thyroiditis with goiter:
 + 9g Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha
+ 15g Spica Prunellae Xia Ku Cao + 9g Fr. Hordei Germinatus Mai Ya
+ 15g Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen
+ 15g Concha Ostreae Mu Li + 6g Fr. Amomi Sha Ren
+ 12g Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii Zhe Bei Mu
For Hashimoto's Thyroiditis with Blood Stasis:
+ 12g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen
+ 9g Hb. Sargassii Hai Zao
+ 9g Thallus Eckloniae Kun Bu
For Hashimoto's Thyroiditis with Wind-Cold-Damp:
For Hashimoto's Thyroiditis with depressive Heat:
+ 15g Cx. Acanthopanacis Wu Jia Pi
+ 9-12g Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
For Hashimoto's Thyroiditis with Yin Deficiency with easy fright, insomnia and dry skin with possible desquamation:
 +15g Caul. Spatholobi Ji Xue Teng
For Hashimoto's Thyroiditis with Heart and Kidney Yang Deficiency :
+ 12g Fr. Ligustri Lucidi Nu Zhen Zi
+ 12g Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi
- Augmented Kidney Qi Pill
Jia Wei Shen Qi Wan
+ 12g Hb Ecliptae
Mo Han Lian
+ More Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang
+ Modified Mix-fried Licorice Decoction
Zhi Gan Cao Tang modified