Formula
Dioscorea Pill
薯蓣丸shu yu wan
1 source
21 herbs·from Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet)
In the《Jingui Yaolue》tradition, this formula is described for taxation depletion with manifold insufficiencies and susceptibility to wind-borne ailments. A historical indication, not a modern diagnostic or treatment recommendation.
Source
传统主治（traditional context, not a modern clinical claim）：虛勞諸不足，風氣百疾，薯蕷丸主之。…
Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet)《金匮要略》血痹虚劳病脉证并治第六·薯蓣丸证（16条）
References
- Self-authored English rendering of the classical formula name (pinyin + sense translation); not a verbatim excerpt, no modern proprietary source.
Composition
- Chinese Yam (Shan yao)三十分
- Chinese Angelica十分
- Cassia Twig (Gui zhi)十分
- Qu (medicated leaven)十分
- Rehmannia (Di huang)十分
- Soybean Sprout (Da dou huang juan)十分
- Licorice二十八分
- Ginseng七分
- Chuanxiong (Sichuan Lovage)六分
- Peony Root (Shao yao)六分
- White Atractylodes六分
- Ophiopogon (Mai men dong)六分
- Apricot Kernel (Xing ren)六分
- Bupleurum (Chai hu)五分
- Platycodon Root五分
- Poria五分
- Donkey-hide gelatin (E jiao)七分
- Dried Ginger (Gan jiang)三分
- Ampelopsis (Bai lian)二分
- Saposhnikovia (Fang feng)六分
- Jujube (Da zao)百枚爲膏
Citations
- Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《金匮要略》血痹虚劳病脉证并治第六·薯蓣丸（组成·16）Cited from Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) for its composition.
- Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《金匮要略》血痹虚劳病脉证并治第六·薯蓣丸证（16条）；hash 锚公版逐字子片段Cited from Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) for its traditional indications.
- Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《金匮要略》血痹虚劳病脉证并治第六·薯蓣丸（煎服法·16）；hash 锚公版逐字子片段Cited from Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) for its preparation & usage.