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Dabuyin Wan

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Dabuyin Wan (simplified Chinese: 大补阴丸; traditional Chinese: 大補陰丸) is a dark brownish-black water-honeyed pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "nourish yin and to lower fire".[1] It is used in cases where there is "deficiency of yin accompanied with flaming-up of evil fire manifested by daily recurring fever, night sweating, cough, hemoptysis, tinnitus and seminal emission". It tastes bitter, slightly sweet and astringent.

Chinese classic herbal formula

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Name Chinese (S) Grams
Radix Rehmanniae Preparata 熟地黄 120
Rhizoma Anemarrhenae (stir-baked with salt) 知母 (炒) 80
Cortex Phellodendri (stir-baked with salt) 黄柏 (炒) 80
Carapax et Plastrum Testudinis (processed) 龟板 (制) 120
Medulla Spinalis Suis 猪椎 160

See also

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References

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  1. ^ State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. ISBN 7-117-06982-1.