Generally speaking, Chinese medicines and Chinese herbal formulas have the effect of nourishing yin, and common yin-nourishing Chinese medicines include asparagus, maitake, dendrobium and so on, and yin-nourishing formulas include Tianwang tonic Dan, Sha Shen Maitake Soup, Zuo Gui Pill and so on.
1. Yin nourishing traditional Chinese medicine:
(1) Asparagus: it has the effect of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, clearing lungs and lowering fire, and it is mainly used for treating dry-heat cough, cough due to yin deficiency and labor, injury of yin by heat disease, and internal heat and thirst (internal heat accompanied by symptoms such as eating more, drinking more, and urinating more). Cold diarrhea and wind-cold cough is prohibited.
(2) Ophiopogon: It has the effect of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, benefiting the stomach and generating fluids (nourishing the stomach by replenishing the fluids in the stomach), clearing the heart and removing vexation, and is often used in dry lung and dry coughs, carbuncles, coughs with deficiency of yin, thirst with injury to fluids, thirst, and constipation with dryness of the intestines. Wind-cold or cold phlegm cough and asthma are prohibited.
(3) Dendrobium: It has the effect of benefiting the stomach and generating fluid, nourishing Yin and clearing heat, and is mainly used for treating gastric Yin deficiency, fever and fluid injury, and kidney Yin deficiency. It is prohibited for people with cold spleen and stomach.
2. Nourishing yin Chinese patent medicine:
(1) Tianwang Xinxintan: It has the effects of nourishing yin and nourishing blood (nourishing the blood in the body), tonifying the heart and tranquilizing the mind, and is used for insufficient yin in the heart, palpitation and forgetfulness, insomnia and excessive sleep, and dryness of stools. Caution should be exercised in cases of liver and kidney insufficiency.
(2) Sha Shen Mai Dong Tang: With the efficacy of sweetness and coldness to promote the production of body fluid, clearing and nourishing the lungs and stomach, it is used for treating dryness to the lungs and stomach or deficiency of yin and fluid in the lungs and stomach, with dryness of the pharynx and thirst, or heat, or dry cough with little phlegm. The precautions are not clear.
(3) Zuo Gui Wan: nourishing the kidney and tonifying yin, used for yin deficiency, lumbar soreness and weakness of knees, night sweating, fatigue and dryness of mouth. It is contraindicated in children.
Chinese medicines or proprietary Chinese medicines need to be used under the guidance of a Chinese doctor to identify the symptoms, and individuals should not use them blindly to avoid adverse consequences.