Which is better, Gui Fu Di Huang Wan or Ba Wei Ren Qi Wan?

Gui Fu Di Huang Wan and Bawei Kidney Qi Pills, which is better, with the patient’s own condition, can not be generalized, for the lack of kidney yang (lack of yang energy in the kidneys) waist and knee cold and sore manifestation of the obvious, it is appropriate to take gui fu di huangwan; and for the kidney yang, kidney qi insufficient coughing manifestation of the appropriate to take the eight flavors of the kidneys qi pills. 1. Gui Fu Di Huang Wan (桂附地黄丸): contains cinnamon, epimedium, ripened di Huang (熟地黄), and cornelian cherry, etc. It has the efficacy of warming and tonifying the kidney yang (warming and replenishing the yang qi of the kidneys) and is used for people who suffer from deficiency of kidney yang, soreness and coldness of the waist and knees, dysuria (uncontrolled urination) or reflux, and phlegm (a pathologic product of the impaired metabolism of fluids) and cough. Avoid indigestible food; not suitable for patients with cold and fever. 2. Eight-flavored Kidney Energy Pill: composed of Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Poria, Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis, Cinnamomum Cassiae, Zedoariae, it has the efficacy of warming and tonifying the kidney yang, but it focuses on the treatment of coughing and wheezing due to insufficient kidney yang and kidney qi, thirst, edema, and frequency of urination. Both are proprietary Chinese medicines, the specific selection should be combined with their own specific conditions under the guidance of the physician’s diagnosis, not blindly use the drug.