右归饮

Source

The book Jing Yue Quan Shu

Ingredients

• Shu Di 6~9 g
• Shan Yao 6 g
• Shan Zhu Yu 3 g
• Gou Qi 6 g
• Zhi Gan Cao 3~6 g
• Du Zhong 6 g
• Rou Gui 3~6 g
• Fu Zi 3~9 g

Explanation

Shu Di: The principal drug, nourish the kidney and supplement essence.

Shan Zhu Yu, Gou Qi Zi: Tonify the liver and kidney.

Shan Yao: Tonify the spleen and the kidney.

Zhi Gan Cao: Invigorate the spleen and stomach, temper the actions of all the other ingredients.

Du Zhong: Tonify liver and kidney.

Rou Gui: Reinforce fire and strengthen yang, dispel cold and stop pain, warm meridians and collaterals.

Fu Zi: Restore yang from collapse, reinforce fire and strengthen yang, dispel cold to alleviate pain.

Effect

Warm and tonify kidney-yang.

Indications

Kidney-yang deficiency, fatigue, cough with asthma, diarrhea, weak pulse, extreme chilliness, lumbago and gonyalgia, delivery woman with fever caused by deficiency-fire.

Administration

Decoct in water for oral dose to be taken on empty stomach.