It is not recommended to take Liufei Di Huang Wan and Zhaoyu Jian Kidney Pills together, as their effects overlap, and it is usually sufficient to choose one of them for treatment as prescribed by the doctor.
Six-flavored Dihuang Pill is composed of Chinese yam, ripened dihuang, poria, mudanpi, cornelian cherry and zedoary. It has the effect of nourishing Yin and tonifying the kidney. It is suitable for dizziness and tinnitus, hot flashes (a burst of heat), night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep and stopping after waking up), lumbar and knee soreness (a feeling of soreness and weakness in the lumbar region and knees), and spermatorrhea.
Strengthening the Waist and Kidney Pill is composed of black tiger, dog’s spine, golden cherry, chasteberry, chickweed vine, mulberry, jack-in-the-pulpit, cuscuta, and oxalis davidianus. It has the effect of strengthening the waist and kidneys, dispelling wind and activating collaterals. It is suitable for lumbago caused by kidney deficiency, musculoskeletal pain, knee weakness, insomnia, excessive urination and other symptoms.
Both Liufei Di Huang Wan and Strengthening the Waist and Kidney Pill can tonify the kidney and can be used for back pain caused by kidney deficiency. Therefore, it is not recommended to take them together. The adverse reactions and contraindications of Liuwei Di Huang Wan are not clear. The adverse reactions of Strengthening the Waist and Kidney Pill are not clear. It is contraindicated in children, pregnant women, and those with fever and cold.
If you need to use it with others, you should consult your doctor first and take it under the doctor’s guidance, not blindly self-medication.