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Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan金匮肾气丸

Kidney Qi Pill from the Golden Cabinet

Tonifying 补益剂Tonify Yang 补阳

Ingredients8 herbs

Indications

Warms and tonifies Kidney yangSteams and transforms water-qi

Kidney-yang insufficiency: the lower burner's fire fades — cold pain below the waist, water untransformed above or below, the classic strategy: a little fire to generate qi, never a blaze to consume it.

Clinical Manifestations

  • Cold sore lower back and knees
  • Cold lower body, frequent copious night urination
  • Edema or difficult urination of yang deficiency
  • Deficiency wheezing (Kidney failing to grasp qi)
TonguePale swollen, thin white moist coating
PulseDeep and weak, especially at the proximal (chi) position

Health Categories

Bone & Joint HealthHeart & CirculationUrinary & Bladder Health

Modern Applications

NocturiaChronic lower back pain (cold-type)EdemaHypothyroid-like presentations

Common adjustments

  • Pronounced edema — add Niu Xi, Che Qian Zi 车前子 — Ji Sheng Shen Qi Wan 济生肾气丸
  • Marked cold — replace Gui Zhi with Rou Gui 肉桂, increase warming

Contraindications

Kidney-yin deficiency with heat signs (dry mouth, red tongue, tidal heat) is the opposite pattern — this warms it wrongly. Contains Fu Zi: professional dosing and preparation are mandatory.

For licensed practitioners’ reference only — not a self-treatment guide.

Pregnancy

Contraindicated in pregnancy — practitioner decision only

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References

Source Jin Gui Yao Lue 《金匮要略》 · Eastern Han

「虚劳腰痛，少腹拘急，小便不利者，八味肾气丸主之。」
— 《金匮要略 · 血痹虚劳病脉证并治》(classical source, public domain)
  1. Classical source (public domain), cited in the source-quote section.
    2. Scheid, Bensky, Ellis & Barolet. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas & Strategies, 2nd ed. — composition & dosage cross-checked.
    3. 《方剂学》（全国中医药行业高等教育规划教材）— pattern analysis cross-checked.

Professional reference notice. Entries are scholarly references for licensed TCM practitioners and students — not medical advice, and not a recommendation to self-prescribe. Chinese herbal formulas should be used under the guidance of a qualified practitioner. Content is an original editorial compilation by Cura x Cura, cross-checked against the cited references.