Shouwu Wan (simplified Chinese: 首乌丸; traditional Chinese: 首烏丸) is a black pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "replenish the liver and the kidney, strengthen the tendons and bones, and blacken the hair".[1] It tastes sweet and slightly bitter. It is used where there is "deficiency syndrome of the liver and the kidney marked by dizziness, blurring of vision, tinnitus, aching of the loins, numbness of limbs and premature greying of hair and beard, and hyperlipemia".[2] The binding agent is honey.
Chinese classic herbal formula edit
| Name | Chinese (S) | Grams |
|---|---|---|
| Radix Polygoni Multiflori Preparata | 制何首乌 | 360 |
| Radix Rehmanniae | 生地黄 | 20 |
| Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae (processed with wine) | 牛膝 (酒制) | 40 |
| Fructus Mori | 桑椹 | 182 |
| Fructus Ligustri Lucidi (processed with wine) | 女贞子 (酒制) | 40 |
| Herba Ecliptae | 旱莲草 | 235 |
| Folium Mori (processed) | 桑叶 (炙) | 40 |
| Semen Sesami Nigrum | 黑芝麻 | 16 |
| Semen Cuscutae (processed with wine) | 大豆菟丝子 (酒制) | 80 |
| Fructus Rosae Laevigatae | 金樱子 | 259 |
| Fructus Psoraleae (processed with salt) | 补骨脂 (盐制) | 40 |
| Herba Siegesbeckiae (processed) | 僿莶草 (炙) | 80 |
| Flos Lonicerae (processed) | 金银花 (炙) | 20 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. ISBN 7-117-06982-1.
- ^ Zuo Yanfu, Zhu Zhongbao, Huang Yuezhong, Tao Jinweng, Li Zhaoguo. "Science of Prescriptions", Publishing House of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 2002. ISBN 7-81010-650-3.