Is Xihuangwan effective for kidney cysts?

Xihuang Pill has no therapeutic effect on renal cysts, it is recommended to follow the doctor’s instructions for medication. Xihuang Pills is a proprietary Chinese medicine, composed of ox-huang, artificial musk, vinegar frankincense, vinegar myrrh, in which ox-huang has the efficacy of clearing the heart, resolving phlegm, and suppressing alarm; musk has the efficacy of scenting and opening up the collaterals and eliminating swellings and resolving knots; frankincense and myrrh have the efficacy of promoting qi and activating the blood (to promote the operation of gas and make the blood circulate), and eliminating the effect of rotting and generating the muscle; and all the medicines are blended together, which has the efficacy of clearing heat and removing toxin (to clear the body’s heat and toxicity), and eliminating swellings and dispersing knots. Xihuang Wan can be used to treat carbuncle (a kind of poisonous sores, acute suppurative disease occurring on the surface of the body, limbs and internal organs), ulcerous poison, scrofula (mainly refers to cervical lymph node tuberculosis), rheumatism (multiple abscesses occurring in the deep part of the muscle) and other diseases. The adverse effects of the drug are not clear, pregnant women should not take, athletes should be cautious. From the efficacy and role of Xihuangwan, this drug has no therapeutic effect on renal cysts, if there is a need for medication, need to be used under the guidance of a Chinese doctor to identify the evidence, not blindly use their own medication, so as not to cause adverse consequences.