HERB FORMULAS

YI SHEN NUAN GONG TANG - 翊腎暖宮汤 - AUGMENT THE KIDNEYS AND WARM THE PALACE DECOCTION

English: Augment the Kidneys and Warm the Palace Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Stir-fried Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen 6-14g Tonifies the Middle Jiao, augments Qi, nourishes the Blood and promotes the generation of Body Fluids.
With Fu Ling, for Spleen and Stomach Deficiency with fatigue, a sensation of fullness in the abdomen, dizziness, lethargy, shortness of breath, anorexia and loose stools or diarrhea.
With Bai Zhu, for Spleen Qi Deficiency with anorexia, loose stools and vomiting.
With Dang Gui and Shu Di Huang, for Qi and Blood Deficiency with dizziness, weakness and lassitude.
With Bai Zhu, Zhi Gan Cao, Shu Di Huang and Bai Shao, for Qi and Blood Deficiency.
Stir-fried Rz. Atractylodis Macrophyllae Bai Zhu 3-15g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, dries Dampness and promotes water metabolism.
With Shu Di Huang and Bai Shao, for Blood Deficiency, often with palpitations.
With Fu Ling and Zhi Gan Cao, for Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiency.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao 1.5-14g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, moderates spasms, alleviates pain, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.
With Dang Shen, for anorexia, fatigue and loose stools due to Spleen Deficiency.
With Dang Shen, Fu Ling and Bai Zhu, strengthens the Spleen and augments Qi.
With Bai Shao, moderates spasms and alleviates pain, for painful spasms of the leg or abdomen.
Poria Fu Ling 9-18g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness and strengthens the Spleen.
With Bai Zhu, strengthens the Spleen and resolves Dampness.
Sm. Cuscutae Tu Si Zi 6-18g Tonifies the Kidneys, strengthens Yang, nourishes Yin, astringes Jing and urine and benefits the marrow.
Fr. Zanthoxyli Chuan Jiao 2-7g Warms the Middle Jiao, disperses Cold, dispels Dampness, relieves diarrhea and alleviates pain.
With Fu Ling, for Cold from Deficiency of the Lungs and Kidneys with lower back pain, icy cold feet and wheezing.
Fluoritum Zi Shi Ying 9-16g Warms the Womb and warms and unblocks the Chong and Ren channels.
With Dang Gui, Shu Di Huang and Bai Zhu, for infertility, irregular uterine bleeding and vaginal discharge due to Cold from Deficiency of the Womb and the Sea of Blood.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 3-15g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, disperses Cold and regulates the menses.
With Bai Shao, regulates and harmonizes Qi and Blood.
With Chuan Xiong, harmonizes, nourishes and invigorates the Blood and disperses Blood Stasis.
With Bai Shao, Shu Di Huang and Chuan Xiong, for menstrual irregularity, amenorrhea, and dysmenorrhea due to Blood Deficiency or Blood Stasis.
With Zhi Gan Cao, moderates spasms and relieves abdominal pain.
Fr. Rubi Fu Pen Zi 2-12g Tonifies and stabilizes the Kidneys, astringes Jing and urine and tonifies Yang.
Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao 5-30g Nourishes the Blood, astringes Yin, 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.
With Gan Cao, for epigastric, hypochondriac or flank pain.
Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong 3-10g Invigorates the Blood and promotes the movement of Qi.
With Dang Gui, for Blood Deficiency causing menstrual problems including dysmenorrhea, scanty menses and amenorrhea.
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang 9-30g Nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin, nourishes Jing and Blood and fills the Marrow.
With Dang Gui, for Blood Deficiency marked by dizziness, palpitations, insomnia and menstrual dysfunction.
Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum Lu Rong 3-5g Tonifies the Kidneys, strengthens and warms Yang, regulates the Chong and Ren channels, stabilizes the Dai Channel and tonifies and nourishes Qi and Blood.
With Shu Di Huang, for infertility and thin vaginal discharge due to Kidney Deficiency Cold.
Fr. Leonuri Chong Wei Zi 3-15g Invigorates the Blood, clears Heat and regulates the menses.

FORMULA ACTIONS

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

SYNDROMES

  • Kidney Yang Deficiency with Qi and Blood 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

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • Use this formula 7-10 days before menstruation. After menstruation use Chinese Patent Medicines Ba Zhen Wan and Wu Zi Yan Zong Wan.

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