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".State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. . 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".Zuo Yanfu, Zhu Zhongbao, Huang Yuezhong, Tao Jinweng, Li Zhaoguo. "Science of Prescriptions", Publishing House of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 2002. . 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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