Formulas · Tonify Yang 補陽 · Jesaeng-bang (濟生方)

Kidney Qi Pill with Achyranthes and Plantago

Uchasingi-hwan

한글 우차신기환 · Pinyin Niu Che Shen Qi Wan

牛車腎氣丸

Composition 構成

Sukjihwang Shu Di Huang
熟地黃 숙지황 · Prepared Rehmannia

16 g
Chief 君
Buja Fu Zi
附子 부자 · Prepared Aconite

2 g
Chief 君 processed only
Sanyak Shan Yao
山藥 산약 · Chinese Yam

8 g
Deputy 臣
Sansuyu Shan Zhu Yu
山茱萸 산수유 · Cornus

8 g
Deputy 臣
Useul Niu Xi
牛膝 우슬 · Achyranthes

6 g
Deputy 臣
Yukgye Rou Gui
肉桂 육계 · Cinnamon Bark

2 g
Deputy 臣
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

6 g
Assistant 佐
Mokdanpi Mu Dan Pi
牧丹皮 목단피 · Moutan Bark

6 g
Assistant 佐
Baekbokryeong Fu Ling
白茯苓 백복령 · Poria (white)

6 g
Assistant 佐
Chajeonja Che Qian Zi
車前子 차전자 · Plantago Seed

6 g
Assistant 佐

Total 66 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

Received this formula from your practitioner? Amounts shown here are classical reference values — granule and prepared products differ. Always follow your prescribed dosage and directions.

Actions 效能

Warms Kidney Yang
Drains water and eases the lower body

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Kidney Yang deficiency with edema and heavy legs
Low back pain with nocturia and cold lower body

Biomedical correlates

Nocturia with leg edema in the elderly
Diabetic-pattern numbness and urinary complaints (a Kampo research focus)

Clinical commentary 臨床

Palmi-hwan sent downstairs — Useul and Chajeonja aim the warming at swollen legs and a weak bladder. Aconite must be properly processed. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.