Post Date December, 03 2023
With the increasing awareness of health care, some people have proposed to use a large formula to tonify the kidney, and Liuwei Dihuang Wan has become a highly recommended kidney tonifying formula for many people. Some middle-aged and elderly people take Liuwei Dihuang pills for a long time, hoping to "prolong life and strengthen the body"; Some middle-aged and young men consider Liuwei Dihuang Pills as a good tonic for yang and kidney protection; Even some parents use it to treat their children's "short stature" and "slow development"; Some people consider it as a blood sugar lowering drug or a blood pressure lowering drug. They don't know that this traditional Chinese medicine kidney tonifying formula cannot cure all diseases, let alone health products.
Liuwei Dihuang Pill is composed of six traditional Chinese medicines, namely, prepared rehmannia, cornus officinalis, Chinese yam, Rhizoma alismatis, cortex moutan, and poria cocos. It is derived from the "Prescription for Children's Medicine Syndrome" by Qian Yi, a famous doctor in the Song Dynasty. It mainly nourishes the kidney yin. In addition, from the composition of the prescription, it can also achieve the effect of tonifying the three yin simultaneously (tonifying the kidney yin, liver yin, and spleen yin). Among them, cooked rehmannia can tonify the kidney yin; Cornus officinalis, on the other hand, supplements both the liver and kidney, achieving the goal of tonifying the kidney by tonifying the liver; Yam can strengthen the spleen and kidney, and nourish the acquired body by strengthening the spleen. From this, it can be seen that Liu Wei Di Huang Wan is only suitable for patients with yin deficiency, and not for those with yang deficiency.
How to determine whether it is yin deficiency or yang deficiency? The typical symptoms of kidney yin deficiency are hot flashes, night sweats, hot palms and feet, dry mouth and throat. The typical symptoms of kidney yang deficiency are soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, lack of fatigue, frequent fatigue, cold limbs, and a preference for heat and fear of cold.
Therefore, people with obvious yang deficiency (including kidney yang deficiency and spleen yang deficiency), such as those with pale complexion, weak constitution, and a preference for summer but not winter, are not suitable for taking Liuwei Dihuang Wan. They can choose the Golden Chamber Kidney Qi Wan to treat kidney yang deficiency. In addition, traditional Chinese medicine believes that fat people tend to have more dampness, while dampness can trap the spleen. Therefore, people with a overweight body should not casually take Liuwei Dihuang Pills to "nourish".
Because the composition of Liuwei Dihuang Pills is mainly moisturizing, long-term consumption can lead to spleen and stomach loss and affect appetite; Spleen dampness can easily lead to spleen deficiency and diarrhea. Under the guidance of a doctor, it is necessary to determine whether to use Liuwei Dihuang Pills and the dosage based on different physical conditions. If healthy individuals do not have obvious symptoms of kidney yin deficiency, they do not need to take them for a long time.
(Intern Editor: Huang Junda)
