What is the difference between Right Angelica Pill and Gui Fu Di Huang Wan?

The difference between Right Angelica Pill and Gui Fu Di Huang Wan lies in the composition, efficacy and main treatment. 1. Difference in composition and efficacy: Diqui Pill is composed of Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Semen Cuscutae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Fructus Lycii, Rhizoma Gastrodiae, Radix et Rhizoma Gastrodiae, and Antler Gelatin, etc., which is effective in warming and tonifying Kidney-Yang (warming and replenishing Kidney-Yang Qi), and filling up Essence and stopping Seduction (filling up the Essence Qi and stabilizing the Essence Qi, preventing spermatorrhea and semen leakage). Gui Fu Di Huang Wan is composed of Chinese yam, cinnamon, moutan skin, prepared epimedium, ripened rhizome and cornelian cherry, etc. It has the effect of warming and tonifying kidney yang. 2. Difference in treatments: Right Angelica Pill is mainly used for kidney yang deficiency (lack of yang energy in the kidney), failure of vital fire (weakness of kidney yang in the body, reduced function of warming and promoting the operation of qi and blood), coldness of the waist and knees, fear of cold, impotence and spermatorrhea, lack of mental energy, and frequent and prolonged urination. Gui Fu Di Huang Wan is mainly used for kidney-yang deficiency, coldness and soreness of the waist and knees, dysuria (unsmooth urination), phlegm-drinking (pathological product formed by impaired metabolism of water and liquid), wheezing and coughing, and so on. The adverse reactions and contraindications of Right Angelica Pill and Gui Fu Di Huang Wan are not known. If you need to use the medication, you should consult your doctor first and under the doctor’s guidance.