Mingmu Dihuang Pills is a blackish-brown pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "nourish yin of the liver and the kidney, and to improve eyesight".[1] Its odor is slightly aromatic. It tastes sweet, bitter and astringent. It is used where there is "deficiency of yin of the liver and the kidney marked by dryness of the eye, photophobia, blurred vision and lacrimination during exposure to the wind".[2] The binding agent is honey.
| Name | Chinese (S) | Grams | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radix Rehmanniae Preparata | 熟地黄 | 160 | |
| Fructus Corni (processed) | 山茱萸 (炙) | 80 | |
| Cortex Moutan | 牡丹皮 | 60 | |
| Rhizoma Dioscoreae | 山药 | 80 | |
| Poria | 茯苓 | 60 | |
| Rhizoma Alismatis | 泽泻 | 60 | |
| Fructus Lycii | 枸杞子 | 60 | |
| Flos Chrysanthemi | 菊花 | 60 | |
| Radix Angelicae Sinensis | 当归 | 60 | |
| Radix Paeoniae Alba | 白芍 | 60 | |
| Fructus Tribuli | 蒺藜 | 60 | |
| Concha Haliotidis (calcined) | 石决明 (煅) | 80 |