Mingmu Dihuang Wan
Mingmu Dihuang Pills (simplified Chinese: 明目地黄丸; traditional Chinese: 明目地黃丸) is a blackish-brown pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "nourish yin of the liver and the kidney, and to improve eyesight".[1] Its odor is slightly aromatic. It tastes sweet, bitter and astringent. It is used where there is "deficiency of yin of the liver and the kidney marked by dryness of the eye, photophobia, blurred vision and lacrimination during exposure to the wind".[2] The binding agent is honey.
Chinese classic herbal formula[edit]
| Name | Chinese (S) | Grams |
|---|---|---|
| Radix Rehmanniae Preparata | 熟地黄 | 160 |
| Fructus Corni (processed) | 山茱萸 (炙) | 80 |
| Cortex Moutan | 牡丹皮 | 60 |
| Rhizoma Dioscoreae | 山药 | 80 |
| Poria | 茯苓 | 60 |
| Rhizoma Alismatis | 泽泻 | 60 |
| Fructus Lycii | 枸杞子 | 60 |
| Flos Chrysanthemi | 菊花 | 60 |
| Radix Angelicae Sinensis | 当归 | 60 |
| Radix Paeoniae Alba | 白芍 | 60 |
| Fructus Tribuli | 蒺藜 | 60 |
| Concha Haliotidis (calcined) | 石决明 (煅) | 80 |
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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.