What Chinese medicine is good for kidney yin deficiency?

The high incidence of kidney-yin deficiency among white-collar workers is often related to high work pressure and bad living habits. Kidney yin deficiency usually manifests as deficiency of kidney yin and disorder of deficiency-fire, such as dizziness and tinnitus, insomnia and dreaminess, forgetfulness, soreness of waist and knees, menorrhagia or amenorrhea in women, metrorrhagia, emaciation, dry throat and mouth, hot flashes, fever of five senses, night sweats, red cheekbones, red tongue with little or no coating, and rapid pulse.

Choosing Chinese patent medicine to treat kidney yin deficiency has become the choice of more and more white-collar workers in recent years. Clinically, there are Liuwei Dihuang Pills, Baizhi Dihuang Pills, Qiju Dihuang Pills, Zuogui Pills and Dabuyin Pills. Commonly used Chinese medicines are tortoise shell, Polygonatum sibiricum, Lily, Cornus officinalis, Trionyx Trionycis, Ligustrum lucidum, Lycium barbarum and Schisandra chinensis.

1 and Liuwei Dihuang Pills

Liuwei Dihuang Pill is a Chinese patent medicine commonly used to treat kidney yin deficiency. Liuwei Dihuang Pill consists of Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Fructus Corni, Cortex Moutan, etc. It is mainly used to treat children's dysplasia caused by dizziness, hot flashes due to yin deficiency, toothache due to deficiency of fire, and negative kidney deficiency. Liuwei Dihuang Pill has various dosage forms, such as Shuimi Pill (6 grams each time), Xiaomi Pill (9 grams each time), Dami Pill (0/kloc-0 capsule each time), soft capsule (2 capsules each time) and so on.

Patients with kidney yin deficiency can choose one of Liuwei Dihuang preparations to take twice a day. If the patient has abdominal distension and loose stool symptoms after taking the medicine, the dosage should be adjusted or the medicine should be stopped. People with deficiency of spleen and kidney yang should not take it.

2. Zuo Guiwan

Zuogui Pill is mainly composed of Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Colla cornus Cervi, Colla Plastri Testudinis, Fructus Lycii, etc. Mainly used for treating yin deficiency and kidney deficiency, soreness of waist and knees, night sweats, fatigue, dry mouth and other symptoms. It is suitable for patients with syndrome of deficiency of true yin who have symptoms such as dizziness, backache and leg weakness, nocturnal emission, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, and dry mouth and throat.

The usage of Zuogui Pill is the same as Liuwei Dihuang Pill. It should be noted that Zuogui Pill is a pure tonic, which is easy to hinder the spleen and stomach and affect appetite after long-term use, so it is not suitable for long-term use.

3. Maiwei Dihuang Pills

Maiwei Dihuang Pill is made by adding Schisandra chinensis and Ophiopogon japonicus on the basis of Liuwei Dihuang Pill, so as to enhance the effects of Liuwei Dihuang Pill on nourishing yin, promoting fluid production, astringing lung and astringing essence, and specifically treat tuberculosis, asthma and nocturnal emission caused by deficiency of lung and kidney yin.

The usage of Maiwei Dihuang Pill is the same as Liuwei Dihuang Pill. Maiwei Dihuang Pill is used to treat patients with lung and kidney yin deficiency such as tuberculosis, diabetes and cor pulmonale, but it should be used with caution in patients with cold.

4. Heche Daimaru

Heche Dazao Pill has the effects of nourishing yin, clearing away heat, tonifying kidney and benefiting lung, and is suitable for patients with lung-kidney yin deficiency syndrome, with symptoms such as cough due to fatigue, hot flashes due to bone steaming, night sweats and nocturnal emission, and soreness of waist and knees.

Heche Dazao Pill is more nourishing than Liuwei Dihuang Pill, and its usage is the same as Liuwei Dihuang Pill. Oral, honey pill 6 grams, millet pill 9 grams, 1 pill once, twice a day.

5. Qiju Dihuang Pill

Lycium barbarum Dihuang Pill is composed of Liuwei Dihuang Pill, Lycium barbarum, Chrysanthemum and other important prescriptions. Among them, Lycium barbarum can tonify kidney and essence, nourish liver and improve eyesight, and chrysanthemum can clear brain. Lycium barbarum Rehmannia Pill has good anti-aging and liver fat metabolism functions.

Chinese patent medicines with similar effects include Mingmu Dihuang Pill, Dendrobium Night Pill and so on. The medicine is suitable for patients with liver and kidney yin deficiency, dizziness and tinnitus, photophobia, tears in the wind and blurred vision. This medicine is also commonly used in clinic to treat hypertension with yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity, and the usage is the same as Liuwei Dihuang Pill.

6. White Dihuang Pills

Baizhi Dihuang Pill is composed of Liuwei Dihuang Pill, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae and Cortex Phellodendri, and has the functions of nourishing yin and clearing away heat. It is suitable for patients with hot flashes, night sweats, dry mouth and sore throat, tinnitus and nocturnal emission, and short and red urine.

Patients with damp-heat symptoms of lower energizer such as deficiency of kidney yin, yellow greasy tongue coating and short and red urine can also choose this medicine for treatment, and the usage is the same as Liuwei Dihuang Pill. However, Anemarrhena asphodeloides and Cortex Phellodendri should be used with caution for those with weak spleen and stomach, so as not to hurt the spleen and stomach. Patients with cold and fever should not take it.

7. Qiwei poison gas pill

Qiwei Duqi Pill has the effects of tonifying kidney, arresting spermatorrhea and stopping nocturnal emission, and is suitable for patients with kidney deficiency and qi failure, with symptoms of shortness of breath, less sputum aspiration, dyspnea, chest tightness, chronic cough, dry throat, shortness of breath, nocturnal emission, night sweat and frequent urination.

The usage of Qiwei poison pill is: 9g each time, twice a day. It should be noted that patients with asthma caused by exogenous cough should not take this medicine.

8. Dabuyin pill

Dabuyin pill has the effect of nourishing yin and reducing fire. The medicine is prepared for patients with yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire. In its prescription, both yin-nourishing drugs and gunpowder are used, but yin-nourishing drugs are the main ones. Dabuyin Pill is suitable for patients with hot flashes, night sweats, cough and hemoptysis, tinnitus and nocturnal emission.

The medicinal method is: 6 grams each time, 2-3 times a day. People suffering from serious chronic diseases such as hypertension, heart disease, liver disease, diabetes and kidney disease should take it under the guidance of a doctor.

9. Guishao Dihuang Pill

Guishao Dihuang Pill has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing yin and blood, and clearing away deficiency and heat. It is suitable for patients with dizziness, dry throat, tinnitus, afternoon hot flashes, lumbago and leg pain, heel pain and other symptoms.

Guishao Dihuang Pill is commonly used in clinic to treat irregular menstruation due to liver-kidney yin deficiency. The medicine is taken once 1 capsule, 2-3 times a day. Similarly, yang deficiency and blood cold are also taboo.

10, erzhi pill

Erzhi Pill has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing yin and stopping bleeding, and is suitable for patients with liver and kidney yin deficiency, dizziness, tinnitus, dry throat and nose, and soreness of waist and knees. Erzhi Pill is also commonly used in clinic to treat various gynecological diseases (such as menorrhagia) with blood deficiency syndrome.

The usage of the medicine is: 9 grams each time, twice a day. It should be noted that patients with loose stool's symptoms should not take this medicine.