You Gui Yin, Restore the Right Decoction, is Shu Di Huang, Shan Yao, Shan Zhu Yu, Gou Qi Zi, Zhi Gan Cao, Du Zhong, Rou Gui and Zhi Fu Zi. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that warm and tonify Yang.

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6 g

6 g

3 g

6 g

3 g

6 g

3 g

3 g

Actions and indications

Warms Kidney Yang

Kidney Yang Deficiency
True Cold with false Heat
Separation of Yang
Feebleness and exhaustion, low energy, lethargy and fatigue, with shortness of breath
Cold limbs; cold, painful knees; lower back pain and abdominal pain
Frequent clear urination
Tongue pale with a white coat; pulse thin, or deep, thready and weak

Replenishes Jing

Impotence, premature ejaculation and nocturnal emission
Wei (atrophy) disorder arising from Deficiency of Kidney Qi and Yang

Modern uses

Hypothyroidism
Sheehan's disease
Addison's disease
Skin Bi
Alopecia
Myasthenia gravis
Multiple sclerosis
Polyneuritis
Acute infectious multiple neuritis
Guillain-Barre disease
Acute myelitis
Progressive muscular dystrophy
After-effects of poliomyelitis
Wei (atrophy) syndrome
Hysterical paralysis
Periodic paralysis
Facial paralysis
Neurasthenia
Diabetes
Chronic bronchitis
Dyspnea
Weakness
Nocturnal emissions
Constipation
Urinary retention
Chronic nephritis
Leukopenia
Abdominal pain
Premature ovarian failure (preventive use)
Behcet's disease
Osteoporosis
Neck pain and stiffness

Modifications

Diarrhea: + rou dou kou

Lower abdominal pain: + wu zhu yu

Leukorrhea: + bu gu zhi

Anemia, or Blood that does not flow freely: + dang gui

Acid regurgitation: + gan jiang

Qi Deficiency: + ren shen, + bai zhu

Spleen Yang Deficiency with loose stools, poor appetite or vomiting: + sheng jiang

Spleen Qi Deficiency: + dang shen

Leukorrhagia: + tu si zi, − zhi gan cao

Skin Bi: + yin yang huo, + lu jiao jiao, + gou ji, + ba ji tian, − shan yao, − gou qi zi, − zhi gan cao

Prevention of premature ovarian failure (combined with Tao Hong Si Wu Tang and Xiao Yao San)

Behcet's disease (combined with Fu Zi Li Zhong Tang)

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Hollow sores in Behcet's disease (combined with Fu Zi Li Zhong Tang): + lu jiao
Frequent stools in Behcet's disease (combined with Fu Zi Li Zhong Tang): + qian shi, + shi liu pi
Blood loss and pus in the stools in Behcet's disease (combined with Fu Zi Li Zhong Tang): + huang qi, + dang gui
Anemia in Behcet's disease (combined with Fu Zi Li Zhong Tang): + bai tou weng, + di yu
Leukopenia in Behcet's disease (combined with Fu Zi Li Zhong Tang): + huang qi, + bai zhu, + bu gu zhi
Impotence and decreased sexual desire in Behcet's disease (combined with Fu Zi Li Zhong Tang): + xian mao, + yin yang huo
Eye disturbances in Behcet's disease (combined with Fu Zi Li Zhong Tang): + gu jing cao, + nu zhen zi, + sha yuan zi
Oral sores in Behcet's disease (combined with Fu Zi Li Zhong Tang): + tai zi shen, + bie jia
Behcet's disease with daybreak diarrhea and undigested food in the stools (combined with Fu Zi Li Zhong Tang): + wu zhu yu, + rou dou kou
Edema in the lower limbs in Behcet's disease (combined with Fu Zi Li Zhong Tang): + wu jia pi, + han fang ji
Genital sores in Behcet's disease (combined with Fu Zi Li Zhong Tang): + lu jiao
Osteoporosis: + xu duan, + bu gu zhi, + bai zhu, + ren shen
Diarrhea in osteoporosis: + xu duan, + bu gu zhi, + bai zhu, + ren shen, + rou dou kou
Osteoporosis, Blood Deficiency pattern: + xu duan, + bu gu zhi, + bai zhu, + ren shen, + dang gui
Low back pain in osteoporosis: + xu duan, + bu gu zhi, + bai zhu, + ren shen, + wu jia pi
Mid back pain in osteoporosis: + xu duan, + bu gu zhi, + bai zhu, + ren shen, + sang ji sheng
Upper back pain in osteoporosis: + xu duan, + bu gu zhi, + bai zhu, + ren shen, + ge gen
Osteoporosis with a painful, cold spine: + xu duan, + bu gu zhi, + bai zhu, + ren shen, + gou ji
Severe osteoporosis: + xu duan, + bu gu zhi, + bai zhu, + ren shen, + gu sui bu, + gui ban
Osteoporosis with fixed or intense stabbing pain from Blood Stasis: + xu duan, + bu gu zhi, + bai zhu, + ren shen, + chi shao, + ru xiang, + mo yao
Constipation: + rou cong rong, + huo ma ren, + chen xiang
Neck pain: + tu si zi, + dang gui, + ge gen, + sang ji sheng, − zhi gan cao, − rou gui, − zhi fu zi
Neck pain with poor memory: + tu si zi, + dang gui, + ge gen, + sang ji sheng, + shi chang pu, + sha yuan zi, − zhi gan cao, − rou gui, − zhi fu zi
Tinnitus with neck pain: + tu si zi, + dang gui, + ge gen, + sang ji sheng, + ci shi, + ji xue teng, − zhi gan cao, − rou gui, − zhi fu zi
Neck pain accompanied by dizziness and headache: + tu si zi, + dang gui, + ge gen, + sang ji sheng, + gou teng, + tian ma, − zhi gan cao, − rou gui, − zhi fu zi
Neck pain with tinnitus, with Bu Gu Zhi and Lu Jiao Jiao: + tu si zi, + dang gui, + ge gen, + sang ji sheng, + bu gu zhi, + lu jiao jiao, − zhi gan cao, − rou gui, − zhi fu zi
Leukopenia from Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency (combined with Huang Qi Jian Zhong Tang): + lu rong

Pinyin

you gui yin

English Name

Restore the Right (kidney) Decoction

you gui yin

About you gui yin

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Warms Kidney Yang

Replenishes Jing

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