Shihu Yeguang Wan

Shihu Yeguang Wan (Chinese: 石斛夜光丸) is a brownish-black pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "replenish yin of the kidney, quench liver-fire and improve eyesight".[1] It tastes sweet and slightly bitter. It is used where there is "deficiency of yin of the liver and the kidney with rousing of fire causing cataract with impaired vision".[2]

Chinese classic herbal formula

Name Chinese (S) Grams
Herba Dendrobii 石斛 30
Radix Ginseng 人参 120
Rhizoma Dioscoreae 山药 45
Poria 茯苓 120
Radix Glycyrrhizae 甘草 30
Herba Cistanches 肉苁蓉 30
Fructus Lycii 枸杞子 45
Semen Cuscutae 大豆菟丝子 45
Radix Rehmanniae 生地黄 60
Radix Rehmanniae Preparata 熟地黄 60
Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis seu Fructus Schisandrae Sphenantherae 五味子 30
Radix Asparagi 天冬 120
Radix Ophiopogonis 麦冬 60
Semen Armeniacae Amarum 苦杏仁 45
Radix Saposhnikoviae 防风 30
Rhizoma Chuanxiong 川芎 30
Fructus Aurantii (stir-baked) 枳壳 (炒) 30
Rhizoma Coptidis 黄连 30
Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae 牛膝 45
Flos Chrysanthemi 菊花 45
Fructus Tribuli (stir-baked with salt) 蒺藜 (盐炙) 30
Semen Celosiae 青葙子 30
Semen Cassiae 决明子 45
Pulvis Cornus Bubali Concentratus 水牛角浓缩粉 60
Cornu Saigae Tataricae 羚羊角 30

See also

References

  1. State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. ISBN 7-117-06982-1.
  2. Zuo Yanfu, Zhu Zhongbao, Huang Yuezhong, Tao Jinweng, Li Zhaoguo. "Science of Prescriptions", Publishing House of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 2002. ISBN 7-81010-650-3.
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