HERB FORMULAS

INFERTILITY #10

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang 9-30g Nourishes the Blood, nourishes Jing and Blood and fills the Marrow.
With Zhi Fu Zi and Rou Gui, for Kidney Yang Deficiency.
With Shan Yao and Ze Xie, for ascendant Fire due to exhaustion of Kidney Yin.
With Gou Qi Zi, Shan Yao, Zhi Fu Zi and Rou Gui, for Kidney Yin and Yang Deficiency.
Rx. Dioscoreae Shan Yao 9-30g Tonifies Kidney Yin and astringes Jing.
With Fu Ling and Bai Zhu, for Spleen Deficiency with loose watery stools.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu 3-15g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, dries Dampness and promotes water metabolism.
With Zhi Fu Zi and Fu Ling, for edema due to Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency.
Poria Fu Ling 9-18g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and transforms Phlegm.
With Bai Zhu, strengthens the Spleen and resolves Dampness.
With Zi 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.
Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie 4.5-16g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness and drains Kidney Fire.
With Bai Zhu, for Spleen Deficiency leading to accumulation of Dampness with urinary difficulty, loose stools, diarrhea, Milky Lin or vaginal discharge.
Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi 5-18g Nourishes and tonifies Liver and Kidney Blood and Yin and benefits Jing.
With Shu Di Huang, for Liver and Kidney Deficiency.
With Shu Di Huang, Zhi Fu Zi and Rou Gui, for Kidney Yang Deficiency.
Rx. Morindae Officinalis Ba Ji Tian 6-15g Tonifies the Kidneys and strengthens Yang.
Sm. Cuscutae Tu Si Zi 6-18g Tonifies the Kidneys, strengthens Yang, nourishes Yin, astringes Jing and urine and benefits the marrow.
Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui 1.5-5g Warms the Kidneys, Spleen and Heart and strengthens Yang and Ming Men Fire, alleviates pain and assists in the generation of Qi and Blood.
With Zhi Fu Zi, for Deficiency of Ming Men Fire with impotence or infertility.
Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi 1.5-15g Warms Ming Men Fire and assists Heart, Kidney and Spleen Yang.
With Rou Gui, powerfully tonifies Kidney Yang, for Kidney Yang Deficiency with lower back pain and weakness in the legs and knees.
With Fu Ling, for lower body edema and dysuria.
With Bai Zhu and Fu Ling, for Kidney and Spleen Yang Deficiency with retention of pathogenic water with abdominal pain, which is worse with Cold, urinary difficulty, and deep aching and heaviness in the extremities.
Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum Lu Jiao 3-10g Tonifies the Kidneys, strengthens Yang, warms Yang, regulates the Chong and Ren channels, stabilizes the Dai Channel, invigorates the Blood, disperses Stagnation and reduces pain from Blood Stagnation and deep pain of the low back.
With Shu Di Huang, for infertility and thin vaginal discharge due to Kidney Deficiency Cold.
Fr. Psoraliae Bu Gu Zhi 3-9g Tonifies the Kidneys, strengthens Yang, stabilizes Jing and astringes urine.
Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi 3-9g Regulates Qi, adjusts the Middle, relieves the diaphragm, dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.
With Bai Zhu, for anorexia and other symptoms of Damp Obstruction due to Spleen Deficiency.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Tonifies Kidney Yang
  • Nourishes Blood
  • Tonifies Qi
  • Nourishes the Chong and Ren channels
  • Nourishes the uterus
  • Assists digestion

SYNDROMES

  • Kidney Yang Deficiency

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Long term infertility or infertility in an older woman
  • Possibly a history of late menarche
  • Delayed menstruation with decreased and pale menses or
  • Infrequent menstruation
  • Irregular periods
  • Period either scanty or heavy
  • Prolonged menstrual cycle
  • Scanty, dark discharge at the end of menstruation
  • Amenorrhea
  • Loss of libido
  • Aches and weakness in the waist and legs
  • Back pain
  • Cold limbs
  • A dusky complexion
  • Dull-pale complexion
  • Increased clear urine
  • Loose stools
  • Dizziness
  • Fatigue
  • Tinnitus
  • Feeling cold
  • Depression
  • Cold limbs
  • Frequent urination
  • Long-drawn-out urination with a thin stream or dribbling
  • Back soreness
  • Pain and coldness in loin and knees
  • Severe lumbago
  • Cold sensation in the lower abdomen
  • T: Pale, swollen and wet
  • C: White   
  • P: Deep and weak or Thin and soft or Deep and thready or Deep, thready and forceless or Deep and slow

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