What are the effects and functions of Qiju Dihuang Wan
Qiju Dihuang Wan is a large blackish-brown honey pill with a sweet and slightly sour taste. Its main ingredients are goji berry (Lycium barbarum), chrysanthemum flower, prepared rehmannia root, wine-processed cornus fruit, tree peony bark, Chinese yam, poria, and Oriental water plantain rhizome, with honey as an excipient. It has the effect of nourishing the kidney and liver, and is used for patterns of depletion of liver and kidney yin, dizziness and tinnitus, photophobia and aversion to light, tearing in the wind, and blurred vision. Let us take a look below at the effects and functions of Qiju Dihuang Wan!
The effects and functions of Qiju Dihuang Wan
1. Qiju Dihuang Wan mainly treats head and eye dizziness, blurred vision, or dry and astringent eye pain, or tearing in the wind, photophobia and aversion to light, or tinnitus and deafness, tidal fever and night sweats, and other such patterns.
2. Qiju Dihuang Wan can be used for symptoms such as dizziness, diminished vision, forgetfulness, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, and dry mouth and throat.
3. Qiju Dihuang Wan has a certain therapeutic effect on nearsightedness with inability to see distant objects, accompanied by symptoms such as tinnitus and deafness.
4. Qiju Dihuang Wan has a certain therapeutic effect on treating tinnitus and deafness, or sudden deafness, accompanied by symptoms such as tidal fever, night sweats, and vexation and insomnia.
5. Qiju Dihuang Wan can enhance immune function, resist aging, improve liver fat metabolism, promote the regeneration of liver cells, prevent the occurrence of fatty liver, reduce capillary permeability, resist inflammation, lower the high blood sugar caused by alloxan, reduce the effect of scopolamine on learning and memory function, resist tumors, and lower blood lipids.
6. Qiju Dihuang Wan has a clear therapeutic and symptom-improving effect on eye diseases caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency, such as optic neuritis, retrobulbar optic neuritis, optic nerve atrophy, central retinitis, dry eye syndrome, chronic glaucoma, senile cataract, and early-stage age-related macular degeneration.
Precautions for Qiju Dihuang Wan
1. With Qiju Dihuang Wan, avoid foods that are not easily digested.
2. Patients with cold and fever should not take Qiju Dihuang Wan.
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 mothers should take it under the guidance of a physician.
5. If symptoms do not improve after 4 weeks of taking the medicine, one should go to the hospital for treatment.
6. It is contraindicated for those allergic to Qiju Dihuang Wan, and those with an allergic constitution should use it with caution.
7. Use is prohibited when the properties of Qiju Dihuang Wan have changed.
8. Children must use it under adult supervision.
9. Please keep Qiju Dihuang Wan out of the reach of children.
10. If other medicines are being used, please consult a physician or pharmacist before using Qiju Dihuang Wan.
Extension: The effects of common Dihuang Wan varieties
1. Liuwei Dihuang Wan: Liuwei Dihuang Wan has the effect of nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney, and is used for kidney yin depletion, dizziness and tinnitus, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, bone-steaming tidal fever, night sweats and seminal emission, and wasting-thirst.
2. Zhibai Dihuang Wan: Zhibai Dihuang Wan has the effect 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 seminal emission, and scanty dark urine.
3. Qiju Dihuang Wan: Qiju Dihuang Wan has the effect of tonifying the liver and kidney, and is used for dizziness, tinnitus, blurred vision, dry eyes, and other such patterns caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency, or for hypertension belonging to the pattern of yin deficiency with yang hyperactivity.
4. Guishao Dihuang Wan: Guishao Dihuang Wan has the effect 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 and scanty blood, dizziness, tinnitus and dry throat, afternoon tidal fever, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, and heel pain.
5. Guifu Dihuang Wan: Guifu Dihuang Wan is made by adding the two yang-warming Chinese medicines cinnamon and aconite to Liuwei Dihuang Wan, and is relatively suitable for cold limbs, abdominal pain, loose stool, impotence, and female infertility caused by kidney yang deficiency.
6. Jisheng Shenqi Wan: Jisheng Shenqi Wan is made by adding plantain seed and achyranthes root to Guifu Dihuang Wan. Because of the addition of these two, its effect of promoting urination and removing dampness is greatly enhanced, and it is suitable for edema, difficult urination, and other such patterns caused by decline of kidney yang.
7. Qiwei Duqi Wan: Duqi Wan is made by adding schisandra fruit to Liuwei Dihuang Wan. Schisandra fruit has the function of tonifying and astringing, so Duqi Wan is suitable for deficiency cough, panting, seminal emission, and other such patterns caused by insufficient kidney yin.
8. Mingmu Dihuang Wan: Mingmu Dihuang Wan has the effect of nourishing the kidney, nourishing the liver, and improving vision, and is used for liver and kidney yin deficiency, dry eyes and photophobia, blurred vision, and tearing in the wind.