Home›Formulas› Second formula — tonify kidney essence as the first priority: cooked Rehmannia (shu huai di huang) 30 g, white peony (bai shao) 18 g, dried Huai Chinese yam (sheng huai shan yao) 15 g, large sweet wolfberry (da gan gou qi) 15 g, arborvitae seed (bai zi ren), Scrophularia (xuan shen), Glehnia root (sha shen), raw plantain seed (sheng che qian zi) 9 g (in a cloth bag), Poria (yun ling) 6 g, fresh cogongrass rhizome (xian bai mao gen) 15 g — after six doses all the swelling was gone and the pulse returned to normal

Second formula — tonify kidney essence as the first priority: cooked Rehmannia (shu huai di huang) 30 g, white peony (bai shao) 18 g, dried Huai Chinese yam (sheng huai shan yao) 15 g, large sweet wolfberry (da gan gou qi) 15 g, arborvitae seed (bai zi ren), Scrophularia (xuan shen), Glehnia root (sha shen), raw plantain seed (sheng che qian zi) 9 g (in a cloth bag), Poria (yun ling) 6 g, fresh cogongrass rhizome (xian bai mao gen) 15 g — after six doses all the swelling was gone and the pulse returned to normal: 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)