Guifu Dihuang Wan Formula

Overview

Guifu Dihuang Wan is an eight-ingredient formula that combines the six-ingredient Dihuang base with cinnamon bark and processed aconite root. It is traditionally used to warm and tonify Kidney Yang.

Complete Ingredients

• Cinnamon bark - 肉桂 - Cinnamon bark contains cinnamaldehyde, coumarin, and other volatile and phenolic constituents. Cell, animal, and human studies have explored antimicrobial, inflammatory,...
• Processed aconite root - 附子（制）
• Prepared rehmannia root - 熟地黄 - Prepared Rehmannia Root contains iridoid glycosides, phenethylanoid glycosides, polysaccharides, and other processing-sensitive constituents. Cell and animal studies have examined hematologic,...
• Processed Cornus fruit - 山茱萸（制）
• Moutan bark - 牡丹皮 - Moutan Bark contains paeonol, monoterpene glycosides, and polyphenolic constituents. Cell and animal studies have examined possible anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, vascular, metabolic,...
• Chinese yam - 山药 - Chinese Yam contains mucilage polysaccharides, starch, allantoin, saponins, and other constituents. Cell and animal studies have explored gastrointestinal, metabolic, immune,...
• Poria - 茯苓 - Poria polysaccharides and triterpenes are the main subjects of modern investigation. Cell and animal studies have explored possible effects on...
• Alisma rhizome - 泽泻 - Alisma Rhizome contains protostane and fusane triterpenes and other constituents. Cell and animal studies have examined diuretic, lipid, glucose, renal,...