Dà Bǔ Yīn Wán 大补阴丸
Great Tonify The Yin Pill
Ingredients
Dosages:
- : Shu Di Huang (18g)
- : Huang Bai (12g)
- : Gui Ban (18g)
- : Zhi Mu (12g)
Actions:
1. Nourish yin and clear deficiency fire
Indications:
Afternoon tidal fever with steaming bone syndrome, night sweats, hot sensation of the ankles, hot sensation of the knees and legs, hemoptysis, irritability, thirst, easily hungered
Pattern:
Liver And Kidney Yin Deficiencies With Deficiency Fire Rising Upward
Tongue:
Red with little or no coat
Pulse:
Small, Rapid, Thready, rear position may be Forceful
Abdomen:
Notes:
Modification:
- More yin deficiency, add Mai Men Dong and Tian Men Dong
- Night sweats, add Fu Xiao Mai and calcined Mu Li
- Spermatorrhea or nocturnal emissions, add Jin Yiing Zi, Qian Shi, and Sang Piao Xiao
- Sputum that is difficult to expectorate, add Bai Bu and Kuan dong Hua
- Cough with sputum that is difficult to expectorate, add Bai Bu and Chuan Bei Mu
- Cough or vomiting with blood, add Xian He Cao, Bai Mao Gen and Ce Bai Ye
- Contraindicated during pregnancy.
- Contraindicated during the early stages of acute illness such as cold and flu, or during an acute infection.
- Contraindicated for conditions due to excess heat.
- Use with caution in Spleen deficient patients with a tendency to loose stools, diarrhea, poor appetite or chronic digestive weakness.
Acute menopausal hot flashes, anxiety disorders, bronchiectasis, chronic consumptive or wasting disorders with fever (such as tuberculosis or AIDS), diabetes, diabetes mellitus, epididymitis, fever following chemotherapy or radiation, hemoptysis, hyperthyroidism, hyperviscosity of sperm, idiopathic fevers, interstitial cystitis, neurasthenia, seminal emissions, tuberculosis, and urinary tract infection
Essential Teachings of [Zhu] Dan-Xi: 1481
Title and Author: Dān Xī xīn fǎ Zhū Zhèn-Hēng / Zhū Dān-Xī / Zhū Yàn-Xiū
Primary Source: Bensky
Preparation:
Source Text - Grind the ingredients into powder, mix with honey and bone marrow from pigs' vertebrae, and form into pills. Take 70 pills with salted water on an empty stomach.
Modern Text - Grind all ingredients into a fine powder. Steam the bone marrow from the pigs' vertebrae until it is fully cooked, and then smash it into a paste. Mix the powdered herbs, marrow paste, and honey and form into pills. The pills should weigh 15g each. Take 1 pill in the morning and at night with lightly-salted water.
A decoction can also be prepared using the specified dosages.