This remedy tonifies Qi and Kidney-Yang. It is particularly suitable for chronic ME for the
mood-lifting effect of herbs such as Huang Qi and Lu Rong.
The tongue and pulse presentation appropriate to this remedy is a Pale and Swollen tonguebody
and a pulse which is Weak and Deep on both Rear positions.
Ge Jie Bu Shen Wan
(Gecko Tonifying the Kidneys Pill)
Ge Jie Gecko
Lu Rong Cornu Cervi parvum
Ren Shen Radix Ginseng
Huang Qi Radix Astragali membranacei
Du Zhong Cortex Eucommiae ulmoidis
Gou Shen Testis et Penis Canis
Dong Chong Xia Cao Sclerotium Cordicipitis chinensis
Gou Qi Zi Fructus Lycii chinensis
Fu Ling Sclerotium Poriae cocos
Bai Zhu Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalaeExplanation
This remedy tonifies Lung- and Kidney-Yang. It is therefore suitable for chronic ME with a
deficiency of Lung-Qi and Kidney-Yang, with such symptoms as breathlessness on exertion, a
weak voice, a propensity to catching colds, backache, frequent-pale urination and a Pale tongue.
Case History 26.11
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: Kidney-Yang Deficiency-Female, Age 59
A 59-year-old woman had been diagnosed as having had ME for the previous 4 years. She could
not say exactly how it started. Her main symptoms when she came for treatment were: feeling
"flat", constipation, "racing feeling" with palpitations, ache and fatigue of muscles after the
slightest exertion, exhaustion, "lacking energy and incentive", passing water three times a night,
backache, dizziness, tinnitus, feeling cold, breathlessness with palpitations, cold hands, flu-like
feeling like a "burning coldness", prone to catching colds after a shower or washing hair. Her
tongue was Pale, with a slightly peeled centre and a central Stomach crack. Her pulse was
generally Weak.
Diagnosis Most of her symptoms indicate Kidney-Yang deficiency: backache,
dizziness, tinnitus, feeling cold, lacking incentive, constipation,
nocturia. Kidney-Yang is the root of Heart-Yang and deficiency of the
former often leads to deficiency of the latter, hence the palpitations with