Liu+Wei+Di+Huang+Tang+(Six+Ingredient+Pill+with+Rehmannia)

=Liu Wei Di Huang Wan (Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia)=
 * Category:** Tonify [Kidney and Liver Yin deficiency]
 * Preparation:** Grind into powder and form pills with honey
 * Function:** Enriches the Yin and nourishes the Kidney
 * Indications:** Soreness and weakness in the lower back, light-headedness, vertigo, tinnitus, diminishing hearing, night sweats, spontaneous and nocturnal emission, red tongue with little coat, rapid thin pulse. May also present with a variety of other symptoms including 5-palm heat, chronic dry and sore throat, deficiency toothache or wasting-thirsting disorder
 * Clinical Applications:** Neurasthenia, pulmonary tuberculosis, diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism, chronic nephritis, chronic glumerulonephritis, urinary tract infection, hypertension, failure to thrive, functional uterine bleeding, optic neuritis, optic nerve atrophy, central retinitis, prostate diseases, renal tuberculosis, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, perimenopausal syndrome, cataracts, glaucoma, chronic hepatitis, cirrosis
 * Contraindications:** diarrhea due to Spleen deficiency

**Ingredients:**
Shu Di Huang (240g.) Shan Zhu (120g.) Shan Yao (120g.) Fu Ling (90g.) Ze Xie (90g.) Mu Dan Pi (90g.)

**Analysis:**
//Chief:// Shu Di Huang: sweet and slightly warm -Tonifies kidney Yin, Kidney essence and blood

//Deputy:// Shan Zhu Yu: nourishes Liver and binds the essence Shan Yao: tonifies Spleen

//Assistant:// Fu Ling: disperses dampness in Spleen, disperses the turbid fluid (with Ze Xie) Mu Dan Pi: clearfs Liver fire Ze Xie: clears Kidney turbidity

**Modifications:**
Severe depletion of fluids with heat signs: -Shu Di; + Sheng Di Wasting and thirsting disorder:-Ze Xie; + Tian Hua Fen (30g.+ Childhood nutritional impairment w/ abdominal distention and loose, watery stools: -Shu Di; + Bai Zhu, Ji Nei Jin, Sha Ren Optic neuritis, optic nerve atrophy, or central retinitis: + Chai Hu, Dang Gui, Wu Wei Zi