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| Chinese Formula | Actions | Indications | Symptoms of painful knees |
| Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang Angelica pubescens-Loranthus Decoction |
Disperses Cold; Tonifies Qi and Blood; Tonifies Liver and Kidneys; Disperses Wind-Damp; Eliminates painful obstruction. | Painful obstruction with Liver and Kidney Deficiency. | Chronic arthritis; Numbness in the lower back; Numbness of the lower limbs; Pain in the lower back; Painful knees; Painful lower limbs; Rheumatism; Sciatica; Weakness of the knees; Attraction to heat; Aversion to cold; Dyspnea; Palpitations; Sequelae of poliomyelitis; Stiffness; Weakness; Pale tongue, transparent-white or thin-white coating; Weak-Slow pulse (Ruo Chi). |
| You Gui Wan Restore the Right [Kidney] Pill; Eucommia and Rehmannia Pill |
Tonifies Kidney-Yang; Warms Kidney-Yang; Nourishes Blood; Tonifies the Essence. | Kidney Yang Deficiency with waning of the Fire at the gate of vitality. | Aversion to cold; Chronic nephritis; Cold extremities; Exhaustion from long-term illness; Impotence; Oedema of lower extremities; Pain in the lower back; Painful knees; Spermatorrhea; Sterility; Weakness of lower back; Weakness of the knees; Diabetes; Loose stools; Undigested food particles in the stools; Urinary incontinence; Pale tongue, moisty-white coating; Fine-Slow-Deep-Empty pulse (Xi Chi Chen Xu). |
| You Gui Yin Restore the Right [Kidney] Decoction |
Tonifies Kidney-Yang; Warms Kidney-Yang; Tonifies the Essence. | Kidney Yang Deficiency. True Cold/false Heat in which the preponderance of Yin causes a separation of the Yang which floats to the Exterior. | Aversion to cold; Chronic bronchitis; Chronic nephritis; Cold extremities; Impotence; Insipid diabetes; Pain in the lower back; Pain of the abdomen; Painful knees; Premature ejaculation; Spermatorrhea; Weakness of lower back; Weakness of the knees; Clear urine; Frequent urination; Loose stools; Profuse urine; Undigested food particles in the stools; Urinary incontinence; Pale tongue, whitish coating; Fine-Slow-Deep-Empty pulse (Xi Chen Chi Xu); Slow-Deep-Tight-Empty pulse (Chi Chen Jin Xu). |