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 |
References
- 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.
- 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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