Ming Mu Di Huang Wan  明目地黄丸
Rehmannia Improve the Vision Pills


Tradition:


TCM

Source / Author:


Scrutiny of the Precious Jade Case (1644)

Herb Name

Shu Di Huang (Rehmannia)
Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia)
Shan Zhu Yu
(Cornus fruit)
Shan Yao
(Chinese yam)
Fu Shen (Poria with root)
Mu Dan Pi (Tree peony root)
Ze Xie (Water Plantain root)
Chai Hu (Bupleurum)
Dang Gui (Chinese Angelica)
Wu Wei Zi (Schisandra)

Latin


Rehmannia glutinosa
Rehmannia glutinosa
Cornus offi
cinalis
Dioscorea opposita
Poria cocos

Paeonia suffruticosa
Alisma plantago-aquatica

Bupleurum chinense
Angelica sinensis
Schisandra chinesis

Amount


120 grams








60 grams ea.

Preparation:


Powder and form small pills with Honey.

Function:


Nourish the Yin of the Liver and Kidneys, Strengthens the Eyes

Use:


1. Poor or failing vision
2. Photophobia
3. Myopia
4. Retinitis
5. Optic neuritis
6. Optic nerve atrophy
7. Macular degeneration
8. Cataracts
9. Glaucoma


Dose:


9 grams of the pills, three times daily

Cautions:


None noted

Modifications:


1. Poor or failing Eyesight, add Lycium Gou Qi Zi
2. Signs of Heat, add Anemarrhena Zhi Mu and Phellodendron Huang Bai

3. Macular Degeneration, add Lycium Gou Qi Zi, Chrysanthemum Ju Hua, Mistletoe (Sang Ji Shen)

Similar Formulas:
Qi Ju Wei Di Huang Wan

This is the foundation formula for Yin deficiency of the Liver and Kidneys in TCM. Whole texts have been written about this formula and the elegant way it is constructed.

In brief, the last three herbs are used to correct the first three medicines which are the primary Yin tonics. They prevent the Damp which can build up during Yin tonification; they keep the blood active which is liable to stagnate with rich, cloying, yin tonics; and they support the Spleen and Liver to enable them to support formation of Kidney Yin.
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