Shouwu Wan
Introduction ''' Shouwu Wan ''' () 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". 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". The binding agent is honey.
Chinese classic herbal formula NameChinese (S)GramsRadix 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 * Chinese classic herbal formula* Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan
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