Other Name: Eight Flavor Formula, Eight Flavor Teapills, Eight Flavored Rehmannia Pills with Anemarrhena and Phellodendron, Zhi Bai Ba Wei Wan
Ingredients (Pin Yin): Shu di huang, Shan zhu yu, Shan yao, Ze xie, Mu dan pi, Fu ling, Huang bai, Zhi mu
Ingredients: Rehmannia glutinosa root-prep, Cornus officinalis fruit, Dioscorea opposita rhizome, Alisma orientalis rhizome, Paeonia suffruticosa root-bark, Poria cocos fungus, Phellodendron chinense bark, Anemarrhena asphodeloides rhizome
Other Ingredients: Talcum, Botanical wax
TCM Functions: Nourishes Kidney Yin, Subdues Deficiency Fire, Clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao
Standard Dosage: 8 pills, 3 x per day
Clinical Dosage: Administer half an hour before or one hour after eating. In the initial phases, dosage may be increased to 8-12 pills 3 times per day, then reduced to a maintenance dose as the formula takes effect. May be used long-term for several weeks to several months. May be used over the course of several years. Monitor for signs of Spleen Qi deficiency. In the presence of mild food stagnation with a tendency to dampness or phlegm, may be administered with Bao He San/Wan or Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi San/Wan.
