Women with kidney yin deficiency can take medicines such as Six-flavored Di Huang Pill and Zuo Gui Wan under doctor’s guidance to regulate the condition.
1. Six-flavored Dihuang Pill: It is composed of ripened rhubarb, cornelian cherry, peony bark and yam, which can nourish yin and tonify the kidney. It is used for kidney yin deficiency, dizziness, tinnitus, lumbar and knee pain and weakness, bone vaporization and tidal fever (a burst of heat, feeling that the heat comes from inside the bone to the outside), night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep, and the sweating stops after waking up), and spermatorrhea. The adverse effects and contraindications of this drug are not clear.
2. Zuo Gui Wan: composed of Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Semen Cuscutae, Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae, Colla Corii Asiatica, Colla Corii Asiatica, etc. It can nourish the kidney and replenish yin. It is used for the deficiency of genuine yin, lumbago and knee weakness, night sweating, fatigue (mental weakness) and dryness of mouth. This drug is contraindicated for pregnant women and children.
3. Dazhongyin Pill: composed of Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Rhizoma Zizoma Polygoni Multiflori, Cortex Phellodendron Bidentata, and Fructus Gastrodiae. It can be used for yin deficiency and fire, hot flashes and night sweating, cough, tinnitus and spermatorrhea. The adverse effects and contraindications of this drug are not known.
Specific use of the drug, should be identified by a doctor, follow the doctor’s instructions standardized treatment.