Yuchuan Pills and Yuchuan Capsules are not better, Yuchuan Capsules are slightly stronger than Yuchuan Pills in tonifying qi, and can only be used in accordance with the clinical indications to bring out the best results.
The main ingredients of Yuquan Pills are Pueraria Mirifica, smallpox pollen, dihuang, etc. It has the effect of nourishing yin and generating fluids, quenching thirst and removing vexation, benefiting qi and zhong (tonifying qi and regulating the spleen and stomach), and is mainly used for the treatment of metabolic disorders due to the decrease in pancreatic islet function, diabetes mellitus caused by the increase in blood glucose, as well as the lungs, stomach and kidneys with deficiency of yin and the late stage of the heat disease. Note that pregnant women are contraindicated.
The main ingredients of Yuquan capsule are maitake, ginseng, poria, etc. It has the efficacy of nourishing yin and benefiting qi, promoting the production of fluids and quenching thirst, clearing away heat and removing vexation, and it is mainly used for treating qi and yin insufficiency, thirst and excessive thirst, and easy to eat and hunger; diabetes belongs to the above mentioned syndromes. It is not recommended for pregnant women.
Both Yuquan Pill and Yuquan Capsule have the effect of nourishing yin and benefiting qi, promoting the production of body fluid to quench thirst, and removing vexation, and are suitable for the evidence of lung, stomach, and kidney yin deficiency, and the two effects are equivalent, while Yuquan Capsule’s effect of replenishing qi is a little stronger than that of Yuquan Pill. Clinical use of which drug is based on the patient’s constitution and condition to decide, in the professional physician under the guidance of the identification of rational use of medication, can achieve better therapeutic effect.