Home›Formulas› First formula — nourish yin and promote urination: dried Huai Chinese yam (sheng huai shan yao) 30 g, raw Rehmannia (sheng huai di huang) 18 g, white peony (bai shao), Scrophularia (xuan shen), large sweet wolfberry (da gan gou qi), Glehnia root (sha shen), and talc (hua shi) — after four doses urination was free, about half the swelling was gone, and the afternoon fever disappeared

First formula — nourish yin and promote urination: dried Huai Chinese yam (sheng huai shan yao) 30 g, raw Rehmannia (sheng huai di huang) 18 g, white peony (bai shao), Scrophularia (xuan shen), large sweet wolfberry (da gan gou qi), Glehnia root (sha shen), and talc (hua shi) — after four doses urination was free, about half the swelling was gone, and the afternoon fever disappeared: Chinese Medicine Cases

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📖 Doctor Zhang Xichun (张锡纯) Case

Whole-Body Swelling That Pits When Pressed? Doctor Zhang Xichun Treats Edema from Yin Deficiency by Nourishing Yin and Promoting Urination

Medicine: Sheng huai shan yao (dried Huai Chinese yam — tonifies the spleen and supports the righteous qi; the foundation of the treatment), Shu huai di huang (cooked Rehmannia — greatly tonifies the essence of the liver and kidney, above all kidney essence; the leading herb of the second formula)