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Liu Wei Di Huang Wan, also known as Liuwei Dihuang teapills or Six Flavor Rehmanni, is a prescription

Medical prescription

A prescription is a health-care program implemented by a physician or other medical practitioner in the form of instructions that govern the plan of care for an individual patient. Prescriptions may include orders to be performed by a patient, caretaker, nurse, pharmacist or other therapist....

(方剂 fāng jì) in traditional Chinese medicine and pharmacy to treat yin

Yin

Yin may refer to:*Yin, the dark force opposing yang in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine*Yin , a rare Chinese surname claimed to be descendents from the dynasty above....

deficiency. In Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese kampo

Kampo

, alternatively shortened as just , is the Japanese study and adaptation of Traditional Chinese medicine. The basic works of Chinese medicine came to Japan between the 7th and 9th centuries. Since then, the Japanese have created their own unique herbal medical system and diagnosis...

, it is known as "Rokumi-gan" (六味丸ろくみがん) (it is also known as Kampo #87

Kampo list

Kampō medicine is the Japanese study and adaptation of Traditional Chinese medicine. Today in Japan, Kampo is integrated into the national health care system. In 1967, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approved 4 kampo medicines for reimbursement under the National Health Insurance program...

). It is commonly made into Chinese patent medicine

Chinese patent medicine

Chinese patent medicine are herbal medicines in Traditional Chinese medicine. Many kinds of Chinese patent medicines are still sold today.-Description:...

History

The formula was created by Qian Yi as dihuang pill (地黄丸). It was published in "Xiao'er Yao Zheng Zhi Jue" (also known as "Key to Therapeutics of Children's Diseases" or "The Correct Execution of Pediatric Medicinals and Patterns" ) in 1119 by Qian Yi's student.

The formula was changed slightly when it was borrowed as a Japanese kampo

Kampo

formula. Some Chinese

China

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species of herbs were replaced with herbs found in Japan

Japan

. For example, Alisma plantago-aquatica was replaced with Alisma orientale for zé xiè

Alisma

Alisma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Alismataceae, members of which are commonly known as water-plantains. The genus consists of aquatic plants with leaves either floating or submerged, found in a variety of still water habitats around the world . The flowers are hermaphrodite, and...

Derivatives of Liu Wei Di Huang Wan

The Liuwei Dihuang Wan is one of the most important Chinese
patent medicines, and is widely used in eastern Asia. In China, there are hundreds of medicinal manufacturers who produce Liuwei
Dihuang Wan and its derivatives. These derivatives include Zhibai Dihuang Wan, Guifu Dihuang Wan, Mingmu Dihuang Wan, Qiju Dihuang
Wan, Maiwei Dihuang Wan, and Guishao Dihuang Wan.

Chinese classic herbal formula

Name	Common Name Common name A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism...	Pinyin Pinyin Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...	Chinese (T)	Chinese (S)	Katakana Katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet . The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji. Each kana represents one mora...	Kanji Kanji Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...	Genus species Binomial nomenclature Binomial nomenclature is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages...	Action in this formula
Rehmanniae Radix Rehmannia Rehmannia is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the order Lamiales, endemic to China.The genus was included in the family Scrophulariaceae or Gesneriaceae in some older classifications. The current placement of the genus is in neither Scrophulariaceae s.s. nor Plantaginaceae s.l....	Chinese foxglove root	shú dì huáng	熟地黃	熟地黄	ジオウ	地黄	Rehmannia glutinosa	Nourishes kidney yin & essence
Corni Fructus Dogwood The genus Cornus is a group of about 30-60 species of woody plants in the family Cornaceae, commonly known as dogwoods. Most dogwoods are deciduous trees or shrubs, but a few species are nearly herbaceous perennial subshrubs, and a few of the woody species are evergreen...	Japanese cornel fruit	shān zhū yú	山茱萸	山茱萸	サンシュユ	山茱萸	Cornus officinalis	Nourishes the liver & kidney, restrains the leakage of the essence
Dioscoreae Rhizoma Dioscorea opposita Dioscorea opposita is a type of yam that may be eaten raw....	Chinese yam rhizome	shān yào	山藥	山药	サンヤク	山薬	Dioscorea opposita	Tonifies spleen yin & consolidate the essence
Alismatis Rhizoma Alisma plantago-aquatica The Common Water-plantain , also known as Mad-dog weed, is a perennial flowering plant native to most of the Northern Hemisphere, in Europe, northern Asia, and North America. It is found on mud or in fresh waters....	water plantain rhizome	zé xiè	澤瀉	泽泻	タクシャ	沢瀉	Alisma plantago-aquatica	Promotes urination to prevent build up of significant fluids
Poria	tuckahoe mushroom	fú líng	茯苓	茯苓	ブクリョウ	茯苓	Poria cocos	Bland: drains dampness from the spleen
Paeoniae suffruticosa Cortex Rock's Peony Rock's peony or Rock's tree peony is a woody species of peony that was named after Joseph Rock. It is one of several species given the vernacular name tree peony, and is native to the mountains of midwestern China, mainly in Gansu and adjoining provinces...	tree peony bark	mǔ dān pí	牡丹皮	牡丹皮	ボタンピ	牡丹皮	Paeonia suffruticosa	Clear liver fire

Japanese kampo formula

Name	Common name Common name A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism...	Pinyin Pinyin Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...	Chinese (T)	Chinese (S)	Katakana Katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet . The word katakana means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana scripts are derived from components of more complex kanji. Each kana represents one mora...	Kanji Kanji Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...	Genus species Binomial nomenclature Binomial nomenclature is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages...	Gram Gram The gram is a metric system unit of mass.... s	%
Rehmanniae Radix Rehmannia Rehmannia is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the order Lamiales, endemic to China.The genus was included in the family Scrophulariaceae or Gesneriaceae in some older classifications. The current placement of the genus is in neither Scrophulariaceae s.s. nor Plantaginaceae s.l....	Chinese foxglove root	shú dì huáng	熟地黃	熟地黄	ジオウ	地黄	Rehmannia glutinosa	5.0	25%
Corni Fructus Dogwood The genus Cornus is a group of about 30-60 species of woody plants in the family Cornaceae, commonly known as dogwoods. Most dogwoods are deciduous trees or shrubs, but a few species are nearly herbaceous perennial subshrubs, and a few of the woody species are evergreen...	Japanese cornel fruit	shān zhū yú	山茱萸	山茱萸	サンシュユ	山茱萸	Cornus officinalis	3.0	15%
Dioscoreae Rhizoma Dioscorea Dioscorea is a genus of over 600 species of flowering plants in the family Dioscoreaceae, native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. The vast majority of the species are tropical, with only a few species extending into temperate climates...	Japanese yam rhizome	shān yào	山藥	山药	サンヤク	山薬	Dioscorea japonica	3.0	15%
Alismatis Rhizoma Alisma Alisma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Alismataceae, members of which are commonly known as water-plantains. The genus consists of aquatic plants with leaves either floating or submerged, found in a variety of still water habitats around the world . The flowers are hermaphrodite, and...	water plantain rhizome	zé xiè	澤瀉	泽泻	タクシャ	沢瀉	Alisma orientale	3.0	15%
Poria	tuckahoe mushroom	fú líng	茯苓	茯苓	ブクリョウ	茯苓	Poria cocos	3.0	15%
Paeoniae suffruticosa Cortex Rock's Peony Rock's peony or Rock's tree peony is a woody species of peony that was named after Joseph Rock. It is one of several species given the vernacular name tree peony, and is native to the mountains of midwestern China, mainly in Gansu and adjoining provinces...	tree peony bark	mǔ dān pí	牡丹皮	牡丹皮	ボタンピ	牡丹皮	Paeonia suffruticosa	3.0	15%

History

Derivatives of Liu Wei Di Huang Wan

Chinese classic herbal formula

Japanese kampo formula

See also