What are the effects and actions of Maiwei Dihuang Wan
Maiwei Dihuang Wan is made by adding Ophiopogon japonicus (dwarf lilyturf) and Schisandra chinensis to Liuwei Dihuang Wan. It is also known as Baxian Changshou Wan, and was formerly called Bawei Dihuang Wan. Its ingredients are Ophiopogon japonicus, Schisandra chinensis, prepared Rehmannia glutinosa, Cornus officinalis (processed), Chinese yam, Poria cocos, Moutan cortex, Alisma orientale, and so on. It has high safety and good drug quality, and many patients take this medicine. Below let us take a look at the effects and actions of Maiwei Dihuang Wan.
The effects and actions of Maiwei Dihuang Wan
The main ingredients of Maiwei Dihuang Wan are Ophiopogon japonicus, Schisandra chinensis, prepared Rehmannia glutinosa, Cornus officinalis, Moutan cortex, Chinese yam, Poria cocos, Alisma orientale, and so on. It has the effect of nourishing the kidney and lungs, and is used for lung-kidney yin deficiency, tidal fever and night sweats, dry throat, dizziness and tinnitus, and soreness and weakness of the waist and knees. It can also be chosen for talking too much, dry throat, and chronic pharyngitis. Clinically it is mainly used for pulmonary tuberculosis with dry cough with blood, yin deficiency with internal heat, and general fatigue; yin deficiency panting with no phlegm, dry mouth and tongue, and red tongue with little coating; spermatorrhea with low back pain, spermatorrhea, and heat in the palms and soles; and diabetes with thirst, frequent urination, red tongue with little coating, and so on.
Precautions for Maiwei Dihuang Wan
1. Avoid foods that are not easy to digest.
2. Patients with cold and fever should not take it.
3. Those with serious chronic diseases such as hypertension, heart disease, liver disease, diabetes, and kidney disease should take it under the guidance of a physician.
4. Children, pregnant women, and nursing women should take it under the guidance of a physician.
5. If symptoms do not improve after 4 weeks of medication, one should go to the hospital for treatment.
6. It is forbidden for those allergic to this product, and it should be used with caution by those with an allergic constitution.
7. Use is prohibited when the properties of this product change.
8. Children must use it under adult supervision.
9. Please keep this product out of the reach of children.
10. If other medicines are being used, please consult a physician or pharmacist before using this product.
Extension: The effects of common Dihuang Wan
1. Liuwei Dihuang Wan: Liuwei Dihuang Wan has the action of nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney, and is used for kidney yin depletion, dizziness and tinnitus, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, bone-steaming tidal fever, night sweats and spermatorrhea, and wasting-thirst.
2. Zhibai Dihuang Wan: Zhibai Dihuang Wan has the action of nourishing yin and reducing fire, and is used for yin deficiency with hyperactive fire, tidal fever and night sweats, dry mouth and dry throat, tinnitus and spermatorrhea, and scanty dark urine.
3. Qiju Dihuang Wan: Qiju Dihuang Wan has the action of nourishing and tonifying the liver and kidney, and is used for dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus, dim vision, dryness of both eyes, and other symptoms caused by liver-kidney yin deficiency, or for hypertension belonging to yin deficiency with yang hyperactivity.
4. Guishao Dihuang Wan: Guishao Dihuang Wan has the action of nourishing the liver and kidney, tonifying yin and blood, and clearing deficiency heat, and is used for depletion of both the liver and kidney, yin deficiency with little blood, dizziness and blurred vision, tinnitus and dry throat, afternoon tidal fever, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, and heel pain.
5. Guifu Dihuang Wan: Guifu Dihuang Wan is made by adding cinnamon and aconite, two warming yang Chinese medicines, to Liuwei Dihuang Wan. It is relatively suitable for cold limbs, abdominal pain, loose stool, impotence, female infertility, and so on caused by kidney yang deficiency.
6. Jisheng Shenqi Wan: Jisheng Shenqi Wan is made by adding Plantago seed and Achyranthes bidentata to Guifu Dihuang Wan. Because of the addition of these two, its effect of promoting diuresis and removing dampness is greatly enhanced, and it is suitable for edema, difficult urination, and other symptoms caused by decline of kidney yang.
7. Duqi Wan: Duqi Wan is made by adding Schisandra chinensis to Liuwei Dihuang Wan. Schisandra chinensis has the function of tonifying and astringing, so Duqi Wan is suitable for deficiency cough, panting, spermatorrhea, and other symptoms caused by insufficient kidney yin.
8. Mingmu Dihuang Wan: Mingmu Dihuang Wan has the action of nourishing the kidney, nourishing the liver, and improving vision, and is used for liver-kidney yin deficiency, dry eyes and photophobia, blurred vision, and tearing in the wind.