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Source: Zhèng Zhì Zhǔn Shéng 证治准绳

Alternate Chinese names: 五子丸; 五子补肾丸

Ingredients:

• Tù sī zǐ (菟丝子 Cuscutae Semen, cuscuta [seed]) 240g
• Gǒu qǐ zǐ (枸杞子 Lycii Fructus, lycium [berry]) 240g
• Fù pén zǐ (覆盆子 Rubi Fructus, rubus [berry]) 160g
• Wǔ wèi zǐ (五味子 Schisandrae Fructus, schisandra [berry]) 30g
• Chē qián zǐ (车前子 Plantaginis Semen, plantago seed) 60g

Action: Supplements the kidney and secures essence.

Indication: Kidney vacuity with signs such as seminal emission, impotence, premature ejaculation, and male infertility (seminal cold) and female infertility.

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Rationale: Tù sī zǐ and Gǒu qǐ zǐ supplement the kidney and boost essence. Fù pén zǐ and Wǔ wèi zǐ boost the kidney and secure essence. Chē qián cǎo is a counteracting assistant that disinhibits water and drains fire, so that there is draining in supplementation, and disinhibition in astriction. This is therefore a balanced supplementing formula. This formula is now also used to treat azoospermia and neurasthenia.

Notes: In Chinese, zǐ 子 means son as well as seed, so the formula name can also be understood to mean five sons to carry on (yǎn 衍) the ancestral line (zōng).

Similar: Dà bǔ yīn wán (大补阴丸 Major Yīn Supplementation Pill)

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