Source "Compendium of Materia Medica" Volume 18 cited Shao Yingjie. Li Shizhen, 1578
Prescription: 500 grams of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Soak in rice swill for three or four days, peel and slice, steam with 2 liters of black beans until the beans are cooked, take out and dry, put on and steam for nine times. Sun-dried) Poria cocos 500g, Poria cocos 500g (peeled, ground, evenly mixed with human milk and sun-dried), Achyranthes bidentata 250g (soaked in wine for one day, steamed and sun-dried by Polygonum multiflorum Thunb for the seventh time), Angelica sinensis 240g (soaked in wine and sun-dried), Lycium barbarum 240g (soaked in wine and sun-dried) and Cuscuta chinensis 240g (soaked in wine, germinated, ground and sun-dried).
When in use, the medical stone mortar is pounded into powder and refined into honey and pills, which are the size of a buttonwood tree. 9 grams each time, with salt soup or warm wine.
Functions: tonifying kidney, consolidating essence, blackening hair, strengthening bones and prolonging life.
Indications: deficiency of liver and kidney, premature graying of hair, tooth shaking, wet dream's nocturnal emission, metrorrhagia, infertility due to kidney deficiency, and soreness of waist and knees.
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Pharmacological action Qibao Dumeidan can significantly prolong the life span of silkworm and the survival time of cell reproduction and passage. Has the effects of resisting oxidation, enhancing cellular immune function, resisting fatigue, enhancing memory and improving hypoxia tolerance. Clinical research shows that Qibaomeihuan Dan can reduce the damage of free radicals to the body, improve the antioxidant activity of the body, regulate the disorder of lipid metabolism, regulate the hormone level in the body, and play the roles of tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, resisting aging and prolonging life. It also has certain lipid-lowering effect.
Modern standardized therapy for middle-aged people with premature gray hair, alopecia, periodontal disease and male infertility belongs to liver and kidney deficiency.
Prescription can solve the deficiency of liver and kidney, exhaustion of essence and blood, so that the body can not be nourished and the hair can not be moistened, so the body is thin and the hair needs to be gray early; Kidney dominates the bone, liver main reinforcement, liver and kidney yin deficiency, then the bones and muscles lose nutrition, so the waist and knees are weak and the teeth are slack; Kidney deficiency and unstable spermatorrhea can lead to wet dream's nocturnal emission. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb can nourish liver and kidney, astringent essence and firm qi; Lycium barbarum and Angelica sinensis nourish liver blood; Cuscuta chinensis and Achyranthes bidentata reinforce kidney and replenish essence; Psoralea corylifolia can nourish life and warm fields; Yunling strengthens the spleen and calms the heart, and oozes dampness and turbidity.
Qibao Dumeidan was handed down by Shao Yingjie, an alchemist in Ming Dynasty. It is composed of Polygonum Multiflori Radix, Poria, Achyranthes bidentata, Angelica sinensis, Fructus Lycii, Semen Cuscutae and Fructus Psoraleae. It is a common prescription for anti-aging, beauty and hairdressing, and has achieved reliable curative effect in treating male infertility. It is also widely used to treat aplastic anemia and chronic persistent hepatitis.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that kidney contains innate essence, which is the source of yin and yang of viscera and the source of life, so it is called "innate essence". The relationship between liver and kidney is very close. Liver stores blood, kidney stores essence, essence can produce blood, blood can turn into essence, and essence and blood are homologous, so it is said that "liver and kidney are homologous". Pathologically, liver and kidney also interact, and kidney essence deficiency can lead to liver blood deficiency; On the contrary, liver blood deficiency will also cause kidney essence loss. Deficiency of liver and kidney, premature graying of hair, teeth shaking, wet dream's nocturnal emission, and soreness of waist and knees.
Qibao Meibeard Dan nourishes kidney water and benefits liver blood. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Nourish liver and kidney, converge essence; Lycium barbarum and Cuscuta chinensis all enter the liver and kidney, benefiting essence and tonifying kidney, and stopping nocturnal emission; Angelica sinensis nourishes blood and liver; Achyranthes bidentata strengthens bones and muscles. The above medicinal materials tonify kidney essence, benefit liver and blood, and their properties are relatively flat. Psoralea corylifolia can warm and tonify kidney-yang, which means "seeking yang in the yin", keeping the yin level secret, and Poria cocos can relieve turbidity, which means "reinforcing the middle and having diarrhea". The compatibility of all kinds of medicines has the functions of nourishing liver and kidney, astringing essence and consolidating constitution, so it can be widely used for anti-aging, beautifying and treating male infertility and other "liver and kidney deficiency" diseases.
Anti-aging, beauty salon "Su Wenjin Kwai Yan array" said: "Those who lose sperm are also the foundation of the body." During the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Liu attached great importance to the role of essence and thought that essence was the foundation. Zhu Danxi listed various signs of aging in "On Gezhiyu", pointing out that the reason lies in the exhaustion of essence and blood. Song believes that the old people's qi and blood are gradually declining, their true yang is less, their essence and blood are exhausted, and their spirits are depressed. Zhang Ming-Jingyue pointed out that the method of treating body must put Jingxue in the first place. The above explanation is quite consistent with the fact that Qibao Dumeidan was used as a health prescription to prevent aging in past dynasties. The beauty and hairdressing efficacy of Qibao Meidu Dan has long been recognized by previous dynasties. Kidney stores essence, and its flowers are in hair; The liver stores blood, and the hair is blood. Hair growth and shedding, moistening and withering are closely related to liver and kidney function. Deficiency of liver and kidney leads to premature aging, withering, early shedding and early whitening of hair. And this can play a cosmetic role by nourishing liver and kidney.
Yin deficiency and Jue yin medicine
Fang Yi: 1. Polygonum multiflorum Thunb-astringent essence and solid qi, nourishing liver and strengthening kidney → king.
2. Poria cocos-heart-to-heart, kidney, spleen and dampness.
3. Achyranthes bidentata-strong bones and muscles, beneficial to lower coke.
4. Angelica sinensis-Warming the heart and nourishing blood.
5. medlar-sweet and cold, hydrating.
6. Cuscuta chinensis-beneficial to three yin, strong Stephy.
7. Psoralea corylifolia-help fire and warm the abdomen.
8. All these drugs can strengthen the foundation and make Wei Rong adjust. When fire and water intersect, qi and blood will be harmonious, and diseases will be self-contained.