What are the effects and functions of Zhibai Dihuang Wan?
Zhibai Dihuang Wan is a black-brown concentrated pill, with a faint odor and a bitter, sour taste. Its main ingredients are Anemarrhenae Rhizoma (Zhimu), prepared Rehmannia root (Shudihuang), Phellodendron bark (Huangbai), Cornus officinalis fruit (Shanzhuyu, processed), Chinese yam (Shanyao), tree peony bark (Mudanpi), Poria cocos (Fuling), and Oriental water plantain rhizome (Zexie). It has the effect of nourishing yin and clearing heat, and is used for patterns of yin deficiency with hyperactive fire, tidal fever and night sweats, dry mouth and sore throat, tinnitus and spermatorrhea, and scanty dark urine. Let us now take a look at the effects and functions of Zhibai Dihuang Wan!
Effects of Zhibai Dihuang Wan
Nourishes yin and reduces fire, used for yin deficiency with hyperactive fire, tidal fever and night sweats, dry mouth and sore throat, tinnitus and spermatorrhea, and scanty dark urine. It mainly treats liver-kidney yin deficiency, the pattern of deficient fire flaring upward, dizziness and blurred vision, tinnitus and deafness, toothache from deficient fire, five-center heat (heat in the palms, soles, and chest), soreness and pain of the lower back and knees, bloody strangury and painful urination, spermatorrhea and nocturnal emission, steaming bone tidal fever, night sweats and malar flushing, dry throat and mouth, red tongue body, and fine rapid pulse.
Actions of Zhibai Dihuang Wan
Zhibai Dihuang Wan is often used to treat liver-kidney yin deficiency and the pattern of deficient fire flaring upward, with dizziness and blurred vision, tinnitus and deafness, toothache from deficient fire, five-center heat, soreness and pain of the lower back and knees, bloody strangury and painful urination, spermatorrhea and nocturnal emission, steaming bone tidal fever, night sweats and malar flushing, dry throat and mouth, red tongue body, and fine rapid pulse. In addition to the main indications of Zhibai Dihuang Wan, it has a clear therapeutic and symptom-improving effect on neurasthenia, hyperthyroidism, diabetes, vertigo, high blood pressure, male infertility, failure of ejaculation, recurrent hemospermia, nephrotic syndrome, urinary tract infection, prostatitis, menopausal syndrome, ototoxic symptoms caused by aminoglycoside drugs, and stubborn night sweats brought on by kidney yin damage and yin deficiency with hyperactive fire. It also has a mitigating effect on the symptoms of yin deficiency with hyperactive fire that appear after taking steroid hormone drugs.
Composition of Zhibai Dihuang Wan
1. Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma): clears heat and drains fire, promotes fluid production and moistens dryness. Used for externally contracted febrile disease, high fever with vexing thirst, dry cough from lung heat, steaming bone tidal fever, internal heat with wasting-thirst, and dry constipation.
2. Huangbai (Phellodendron bark): clears heat and dries dampness, drains fire and eliminates steaming, resolves toxin and treats sores. Used for damp-heat diarrhea and dysentery, jaundice, vaginal discharge, heat strangury, beriberi, flaccidity and impediment, steaming bone consumptive fever, night sweats, spermatorrhea, sores and swellings with toxin, and eczema with itching.
3. Shudihuang (prepared Rehmannia root): nourishes yin and supplements blood, benefits essence and fills marrow. Used for liver-kidney yin deficiency, soreness and weakness of the lower back and knees, steaming bone tidal fever, night sweats and spermatorrhea, internal heat with wasting-thirst, blood deficiency with sallow complexion, palpitations and severe anxiety, irregular menstruation, flooding and spotting with bleeding, dizziness and tinnitus, and premature graying of hair and beard.
4. Shanzhuyu (Cornus officinalis fruit): supplements and benefits the liver and kidneys, astringes essence and stabilizes collapse. Used for dizziness and tinnitus, soreness and pain of the lower back and knees, impotence and spermatorrhea, enuresis and frequent urination, flooding and spotting with vaginal discharge, profuse sweating with collapse, and internal heat with wasting-thirst.
5. Mudanpi (tree peony bark): clears heat and cools blood, invigorates blood and transforms stasis. Used for warm-toxin macules, vomiting blood and epistaxis, night fever with morning coolness, anhidrotic steaming bone, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, carbuncle swelling with sores and toxin, and traumatic injuries with pain.
6. Shanyao (Chinese yam): supplements the spleen and nourishes the stomach, promotes fluid production and benefits the lungs, supplements the kidneys and astringes essence. Used for spleen deficiency with poor appetite, chronic unremitting diarrhea, lung deficiency with wheezing and cough, kidney deficiency with spermatorrhea, vaginal discharge and frequent urination, and deficient heat with wasting-thirst.
7. Fuling (Poria cocos): promotes water metabolism and leaches out dampness, strengthens the spleen and calms the heart. Used for edema with scanty urine, phlegm-fluid with dizziness and palpitations, spleen deficiency with poor appetite, loose stools and diarrhea, restlessness of the heart-mind, and palpitations with insomnia.
8. Zexie (Oriental water plantain rhizome): promotes urination and clears damp-heat. Used for difficult urination, edema and distention, diarrhea with scanty urine, phlegm-fluid with dizziness, heat strangury with painful astringency, and hyperlipidemia.
Precautions for Zhibai Dihuang Wan
1. Pregnant women should take Zhibai Dihuang Wan with caution.
2. It is not suitable for patients with cold-deficiency patterns, whose manifestations are aversion to cold, cold hands and feet, and a preference for hot drinks.
3. It should not be taken at the same time as cold medicines.
4. Zhibai Dihuang Wan is best taken on an empty stomach or before meals, swallowed with boiled water or lightly salted water.
5. If symptoms show no improvement after one week of taking the medicine, one should go to the hospital for medical attention.
6. Take it according to the usage and dosage; children should take it under the guidance of a physician.
7. It is contraindicated for those allergic to Zhibai Dihuang Wan, and should be used with caution by those with an allergic constitution.
8. It must not be used when the properties of Zhibai Dihuang Wan have changed.
9. Children must use it under adult supervision.
10. Please keep Zhibai Dihuang Wan out of the reach of children.
11. If you are using other medicines, please consult a physician or pharmacist before using Zhibai Dihuang Wan.