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Da Bu Yin Wan (大補陰丸) richly enriches the yin and drains the deficiency fire that flares when yin is severely depleted; for Liver-Kidney yin deficiency with vigorous empty fire.
English Name
Great Tonify the Yin Pill
Classical Source
Dan Xi Xin Fa, 1481
Ingredients
- Shu Di Huang & Gui Ban (enrich yin) – chief
- Zhi Mu & Huang Bai (drain fire); with pig spinal marrow and honey
Actions & Functions
- Enriches the yin and drains (deficiency) fire
Indications
Yin deficiency with vigorous fire: bone-steaming fever and night sweats, afternoon flushes, coughing of blood, irritability, sore weak knees, and nocturnal emission.
Tongue & Pulse
Tongue: red with little coat. Pulse: thin and rapid (forceful at the proximal position).
Modifications
With marked night sweats, add astringents.
Cautions & Contraindications
Cloying and cold; not for poor appetite and loose stools from Spleen deficiency.
