As early as the Northern Song Dynasty, the famous doctor Qian Yi made the Shenqi Pills by subtracting Guizhi and Aconite from the "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber" by Zhang Zhongjing, the medical sage of the Han Dynasty. At the beginning, it was mainly It is customized for children with "kidney deficiency" and is recorded in "Pediatric Medicine Zhijue" written by Qian Yi.

Liuwei Dihuang Pills are known as the "kidney-tonifying prescription" among the people. They are often used to treat kidney yin deficiency and other diseases. If the clinical syndrome differentiation is accurate and used properly, Liuwei Dihuang Pills have extraordinary effects in treating many diseases. Efficacy. The effect of the original prescription is "three tonics and three diarrheas", mainly tonifying, and tonifying the three yin of liver, spleen and kidney, especially kidney yin.

Although the medicine only has six flavors, once it is flexibly added or subtracted, the effect of nourishing yin can be changed. For example, in the treatment of patients with neurological deafness, if the clinical symptoms include tinnitus like cicada, which does not stop day and night, gradual hearing loss, dizziness, fatigue and insomnia, red tongue with yellow coating, thin pulse, etc., use the original prescription of Liuwei Dihuang Pills plus Anemarrhena and Anemarrhena, Phellodendron, raspberry and other treatments are effective.

In addition, for patients with chronic pharyngitis caused by overwork and staying up late at night, which are common in otolaryngology clinics, if they also experience dryness of the throat, burning pain and discomfort, and the condition worsens at noon, just Symptoms such as cough with little or no phlegm, sticky phlegm, and heat in the palms, soles, and palms can also be treated by adding the original prescription of Liuwei Dihuang Pills with Ophiopogon japonicus, Schisandra chinensis, and reed root, etc., and good results can be obtained.

Although Liuwei Dihuang Pills are mild, they are intended to replenish kidney yin. People with yang deficiency, qi deficiency and excessive internal heat cannot use it for a long time.