FORMULA ACTIONS Nourishes Yin Descends Fire SYNDROMES Liver Yin Deficiency with Yang Rising Lung and Kidney Yin Deficiency Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency (with Fire Flaring) Atrophy disorder (Wei Syndrome) due to Liver and Kidney Deficiency CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS Steaming bone disorder Afternoon fever Tidal fever Night sweats Spontaneous seminal emissions Irritability Heat and pain in the knees (maybe with weakness) Atrophy and weakness of the knees and legs Red face Restless fever Hematemesis Sore knees Sore lower back Maybe hemoptysis May be constant hunger Maybe constipation Hot flashes Nocturnal emissions Restlessness Fidgeting Insomnia with frequent dreams Productive bloody cough Easily angered Nightmares Sore feet with flaccidity Tinnitus Burning sensation over Kidneys Dizziness or vertigo Five Sole Heat Cough T: Red C: Little or None P: Thready, Excess and rapid in the Chi position TREATS: Pulmonary tuberculosis Renal tuberculosis Bronchiectasis Diabetes mellitus Hyperthyroidism Neurasthenia Heel pain Insomnia Hemoptysis Chronic bronchitis Spermatorrhea Urinary tract infection Vertigo Myasthenia gravis Multiple sclerosis Polyneuritis Guillain-Barre disease Acute myelitis (inflammation of the spinal cord) Progressive muscular dystrophy Sequelae of poliomyelitis AIDS/HIV Numbness Parkinson's disease Hyperthyroidism Afternoon fever Constipation Lupus erythematosus Chronic glomerulonephritis Knee pain Weakness Hoarseness Cervical lymphadenopathy Night sweats Ascites Dyspnea Temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ) Red eyes Sore throat Tinnitus Atrophy (Wei) Syndrome Epididymitis Nocturnal emissions Severe menopausal hot flashes Chronic nephritis Addison‰Ûªs disease Late menstruation Knee pain Irregular menstruation Cough Dizziness Meniere‰Ûªs disease Hysterical paralysis Periodic paralysis Facial paralysis Acute infectious multiple neuritis Hematuria Paresthesia Tremors Anxiety Drug abuse Menopause Anemia Fever Thrombocytopenic purpura Deafness Low back pain Forgetfulness Hypertension Hematemesis Congestive cardiac failure Polyneuritis Upper respiratory tract infection Dry skin Cirrhosis of the Liver Scrofula or lymphadenopathy associated with AIDS/HIV CONTRAINDICATIONS Contraindicated for those with Excess Fire. Use caution with poor appetite and loose stools. Avoid foods that are acrid and spicy.