Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

• KI-3 is the Source point and it nourishes Kidney-Yin.


• LU-7 and KI-6 in combination, open the Directing Vessel, nourish Kidney-Yin and
  moisten the throat.


• Ren-4 and SP-6 nourish Kidney-Yin and benefit fluids.


• BL-23 and BL-52 in combination, strengthen Will-Power and can improve drive and
  determination.


• Du-20 clears the brain and lifts mood.

Herbal Treatment

Prescription

Zuo Gui Wan
(Restoring the Left [Kidney] Pill)

Shu Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae glutinosae praeparata 12 g

Gou Qi Zi Fructus Lycii chinensis 6 g

Shan Yao Radix Dioscoreae oppositae 6 g

Gui Ban Jiao Colla Plastri testudinis 12 g

Chuan Niu Xi Radix Cyathulae 4 g

Shan Zhu Yu Fructus Corni officinalis 6 g

Tu Si Zi Semen Cuscutae 6 g

Lu Jiao Jiao Colla Cornu Cervi 6 g

Explanation

• Shu Di Huang, Gou Qi Zi, Shan Yao and Gui Ban Jiao nourish Kidney-Yin.


• Shan Zhu Yu is astringent and thus helps to nourish Yin and firms the Essence.


• Tu Si Zi and Lu Jiao Jiao tonify Kidney-Yang. They are added here according to the
  principle that, because Kidney-Yin and Kidney-Yang share the same root, a long-term
  deficiency of one always implies also a slight deficiency of the other. A prescription
  made entirely of Yin-tonics would be too Yin and sticky: it needs a little Fire to set it in
  motion, i.e. some Kidney-Yang tonics. Lu Jiao Jiao is chosen here instead of Lu Rong as
  it tonifies both Kidney-Yang and Blood, it is thus more sticky and Yin than Lu Rong.