Tu Si Zi Wan, Cuscuta Seed Pill, is Tu Si Zi, Lu Rong, Rou Cong Rong, Shan Yao, Zhi Fu Zi, Wu Yao, Wu Wei Zi, Sang Piao Xiao, Yi Zhi Ren, calcined Mu Li and Ji Nei Jin. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that warm and tonify Yang.

Herb

Amount

6 g

3 g

6 g

3 g

3 g

3 g

3 g

3 g

3 g

6 g

1.5 g

Actions and indications

Warms Kidney Yang and tonifies Kidney Qi and Jing

Kidney Yang deficiency with Kidney Qi that is not firm, so essence and urine are not held
Exhaustion, dislike of cold and a frail build
Aching, weak or cold lower back and knees, with weak legs, and dizziness
Impotence from Kidney Yang deficiency
Tongue pale with a white coat; pulse deep and thin, or frail

Secures essence and urine and stops leakage

Urination that is frequent, either scanty with constant dribbling or copious and clear
Incontinence of urine and seminal emission

Modern uses

Urinary incontinence
Night-time bedwetting
Urinary frequency of the overactive bladder type
Urinary tract infection
Seminal emission
Premature ejaculation
Cervicitis
Cervical polyps
Tiredness with sensitivity to cold

Modifications

Cervicitis or cervical polyps, Yin deficient, with dry mouth and throat and a hot feeling in the vagina: + huang bai, + zhi mu, + guan zhong

Cervicitis or cervical polyps, Blood stasis: + di yu, + chi shao, + qian cao gen

Bleeding from cervicitis or polyps of the cervix: + ai ye, + jing jie, + xue yu tan

Cautions

contraindication Any Heat pattern, including Kidney Yin deficiency with deficiency Fire, since the formula is warming and astringent

contraindication Damp-Heat with burning, dark, scanty urine: warming and astringing would trap the pathogen and worsen the Heat

contraindication An active exterior invasion such as a cold or flu

caution Avoid where Damp or food stagnation has not cleared: Mu Li, Sang Piao Xiao and Wu Wei Zi hold things in and may trap a pathogen

caution Contains Fu Zi, which must be the properly prepared form and used only under professional guidance

pregnancy Use in pregnancy only under professional guidance, because Fu Zi and Rou Cong Rong are strongly warming

Pinyin

tu si zi wan

English Name

Cuscuta Seed Pill

tu si zi wan

About tu si zi wan

Ingredients

Actions and indications

Warms Kidney Yang and tonifies Kidney Qi and Jing

Secures essence and urine and stops leakage

Modern uses

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Cautions

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