Can Gui Fu Di Huang Wan and Liu Shen Wan be taken together?

Although there is no contraindication to Gui Fu Di Huang Wan and Liu Shen Wan, but Gui Fu Di Huang Wan is hot; Liu Shen Wan is cold, the two drugs may reduce the efficacy of the two drugs, so it is not recommended to take together, if the condition requires, but also need to be used under the guidance of a doctor. Gui Su Di Huang Wan is composed of ripened dihuang, epimedium, cinnamon, cornelian cherry, Chinese yam, zejiao, mudanpi, poria, etc. It has the efficacy of warming and tonifying the kidney yang (warming and replenishing the yang qi of kidneys). It is used for lumbar and knee soreness and weakness (a feeling of soreness and weakness in the waist and knees), cold limbs and frequent urination. Liu Shen Wan is composed of 6 flavors including artificial musk, andrographis and toadstool, etc. It has the efficacy of cooling and detoxifying, reducing inflammation and relieving pain. It is used for rotting throat, sore throat, laryngeal wind and carbuncle, single and double breast moth (related to tonsillitis in western medicine), pediatric fever boil, carbuncle ulcer and furuncle (mostly occurring on the limbs or face, with small shape and deep root, as hard as nails), carbuncle on the back of the hair and anonymous swollen toxin. Patients are advised not to take the medicine by themselves to avoid delaying the condition.