Blue Poppy Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
Primary Traditional Functions
Balances Yin and Yang in the lower burner, nourishes Kidney Yin, supplements Liver Yin
Action
Enriches Kidney Yin, boosts the Essence, and fills the marrow, boosts the Liver, supplements the Spleen, drains Kidney fire, downbears turbidity, quickens the Blood, and transforms stasis
Pattern
Liver Blood-Kidney Yin vacuity
Tongue
A red tongue with scanty fur
Pulse
A fine, possibly rapid, possibly floating pulse
Description
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan is a classical formula that nourishes Kidney and Liver Yin, restoring balance to the lower burner. Traditionally, it is used for lower back and knee weakness, dizziness, tinnitus, and night sweats due to Yin deficiency. In modern functional use, it is commonly applied for chronic kidney insufficiency, menopausal symptoms, musculoskeletal weakness, tinnitus, and fatigue associated with Kidney and Liver Yin deficiency.
Traditional Indications
Low back and knee soreness and limpness, dizziness, tinnitus and/or deafness, night sweats, steaming bones syndrome and tidal fevers, heat in the hands, feet, and/or heart, dry mouth and throat.
Typical symptoms include:
- Dry mouth and throat
- Kidney and Liver Yin deficiency
- Night sweats or tidal fever
- Red tongue with little coating; thin, rapid pulse
- Tinnitus
- Weakness or soreness in the lower back and knees
Modern Clinical Applications
Delayed growth of children (may include The Five Lates), low back pain, optic neuritis, central retinitis, optic nerve atrophy, pulmonary tuberculosis, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, Addison's disease, hypertension, neurasthenia, functional uterine bleeding, chronic urinary tract infection, chronic nephritis, chronic glomerulonephritis, nephropathy, deafness, impotence, nocturia, menopause, senility.
Commonly applied in contemporary use for:
- Chronic fatigue associated with Yin deficiency
- Chronic kidney insufficiency or early-stage renal dysfunction
- Menopausal or perimenopausal symptoms such as hot flashes or night sweats
- Osteoporosis or musculoskeletal weakness related to Yin deficiency
- Tinnitus, dizziness, or vertigo due to Kidney/Liver Yin deficiency
Typical Usage
3 capsules per day or as directed by your wellness coach.
Potency 10:1, 120 vegicaps per bottle.
Ingredients:
Shu Di Huang (cooked Radix Rehmanniae) 114 mg, Shan Zhu Yu (Fructus Corni) 91 mg, Shan Yao (Radix Dioscoreae) 91 mg, Fu Ling (Poria) 68 mg, Ze Xie (Rhizoma Alismatis) 68 mg, Dan Pi (Cortex Moutan) 68 mg
Other Ingredients:
Vegetarian capsule (hypromellose alternative to animal gelatin).