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Hidden Tiger Pill
虎潜丸 〔虎潛丸〕 hǔ qián wán
Source: Dān Xī Xīn Fǎ 丹溪心法
Alternate Chinese names: Jiàn bù hǔ qián wán (健步虎潜丸 Steady Gait Hidden Tiger Pill)
Ingredients
- Shú dì huáng (熟地黄 Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata, cooked rehmannia [root]) 20g
- Guī bǎn (龟版 Testudinis Plastrum, tortoise plastron) 40g
- Zhī mǔ (知母 Anemarrhenae Rhizoma, anemarrhena [root]) 20g
- Huáng bǎi (黄柏 Phellodendri Cortex, phellodendron [bark]) 30g
- Xiān máo (仙茅 Curculiginis Rhizoma, curculigo [root]) 20g
- Chén pí (陈皮 Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, tangerine peel) 10g
- Suǒ yáng (锁阳 Cynomorii Herba, cynomorium) 20g
- Hǔ gǔ (虎骨 Tigris Os, tiger bone) 15g
- Gān jiāng (干姜 Zingiberis Rhizoma, dried ginger) 5g
Actions: Enriches yīn and downbears fire; boosts essence blood; strengthens the sinews and bones.
Indications: Liver-kidney yīn vacuity and insufficiency of qì and blood with limp aching lumbus and knees, emaciation of the legs, and feeble gait. A red tongue
Category: Supplementing formulas / Yīn-supplementing formulas
Rationale: When kidney water is sufficient, it can counteract fire, and when liver blood is sufficient, it can nourish the sinews. Shú dì huáng and Guī bǎn are therefore used to enrich the liver and kidney and to replenish essence and marrow. Hǔ gǔ (alluded to in formula name) is warm and sweet; it strengthens the sinew and bone, treating bone wilting due to kidney vacuity. Suǒ yáng nourishes the sinews. Bái sháo helps the Shú dì huáng to supplement liver blood. Small amounts of Chén pí and ginger rectify qì and harmonize the stomach, preventing the
Notes: Commercially, this formula is usually produced without Gān jiāng, and with Dāng guī, Niú xī, and goat (or sheep) meat (yáng ròu).
Similar: Dà bǔ yīn wán (大补阴丸 Major Yīn Supplementation Pill)
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