Names Of Da Bu Gan Wan

Da Bu Gan Wan TCM Herbal Formula
- English Name: Major Liver Nutrition Pills
- Pinyin Name: Da Bu Gan Wan
- Alternate Names: Great Liver Nourishing Pills
- Chinese Character: 大补肝丸
How Is Da Bu Gan Wan Categorized?
Da Bu Gan Wan Functional Groupings
- Primary Category: Harmonize
- Subcategory: Regulate and Harmonize the Liver and Spleen
Sub Categories Within The Harmonize Category
Harmonize Lesser Yang Stage DisordersHarmonize the Stomach and IntestinesRegulate and Harmonize the Liver and Spleen
There Are 14 Formulas In Our Harmonize Category
How Is Da Bu Gan Wan Used Clinically?
Da Bu Gan Wan Usages and Indications
- Brittle nails, yellowing of the skin (jaundice).
- Abdominal cramping, distension or pain in the hypochrondia due to liver qi stangation
- Fatty liver, hepatitis and other liver diseases.
Conditions and Patterns Potentially Related With Da Bu Gan Wan

Da Bu Gan Wan Related Conditions and Patterns
Hepatitis (B or C)Liver Disease
All Conditions
Liver Qi Stagnation
All Patterns
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Da Bu Gan Wan Has 7Ingredients
Dan Shen
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Salvia Root
Appears in the Herbs That Invigorate Blood category
Usages
- Invigorate blood, break up blood stasis in lower abdomen - dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, palpable masses, lochioschesis, pain due to blood stasis, chest/epigastric pain, soreness in the ribs due to liver qi stagnation w/blood stasis.
- Clear heat, soothe irritability - restlessness, irritability, insomnia due to heat entering the ying level.
This formula has cautions, see details
Dang Gui
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Chinese Angelica Root
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Blood category
Usages
- Tonifies the blood, regulates menses - pallid, ashen complexion, tinnitus, blurred vision, palpitations, irregular menses, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea.
- Invigorates/harmonizes the blood, disperses cold - important herb to stop pain due to blood stasis - abdominal pain, trauma, carbuncles due to blood stasis, chronic bi.
- Moistens dry intestines due to blood deficiency.
- Reduces swellings, expels pus, generates flesh - sores.
Gou Qi Zi
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Chinese Wolfberry Fruit
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Blood category
Usages
- Nourish and tonify liver and kidney - yin and/or blood deficiency w/sore back and legs, low grade abdominal pain, impotence, nocturnal emission, xiao ke; neutral nature - commonly used for liver and kidney deficiency.
- Benefits the essence and brightens the eyes - essence and blood are unable to nourish eyes, dizziness, blurred vision, diminished acuity.
- Enrich yin and moisten the lungs - consumptive cough.
Mu Dan Pi
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Tree Peony Root Cortex
Appears in the Herbs That Cool The Blood category
Usages
- Clears Heat (excess and deficient), Cools Blood. Nose bleed, bloody sputum or vomit, subcutaneous bleeding, frequent and profuse menses due to heat in the Blood.
- Clear Deficient Fire. Yin deficiency patterns such as steaming bone disorder after a warm-febrile disease particularly those without sweating.
- Clears Liver Blood Stasis. Amenorrhea, abdominal masses, bruises.
- Clears Rising Liver Fire. Headache, eye pain, flank pain, flushing, dysmenorrhea.
- Drains Pus, Reduces Swelling. Used topically for non-draining sores. Used internally for intestinal abscess.
This formula has cautions, see details
Mu Li
Oyster Shell
Appears in the Herbs That Anchor, Settle and Calm The Spirit category
Usages
- Calms the spirit - palpitations, anxiety, restlessness, insomnia.
- Benefits the yin, anchors floating yang - irritable, insomnia, dizziness, headache, tinnitus, blurred vision, bad temper, red flushed face due to yin deficiency with ascending yang.
- Prevents leakage of fluids - continuous sweating in steaming bone disorder, aftermath of warm-febrile disease, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, nocturnal emission, spermatorrhea, leukorrhea, uterine bleeding.
- Softens hardness, dissipates nodules - scrofula, goiter.
- Absorbs acidity - stomach pain, sour taste in the mouth.
Shan Yao
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Chinese Yam
Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Qi category
Usages
- Tonify the spleen and stomach qi - diarrhea, fatigue, spontaneous sweating, lack of appetite.
- Tonify the lung qi and yin - chronic cough/wheezing.
- Strengthen the kidney yin and yang - not hot nor cold, benefits both yin and yang, xiao ke, also binds the jing - spermatorrhea, vaginal discharge, frequent urination.
Xuan Shen
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Ningpo Figwort Root, Scrophularia
Appears in the Herbs That Cool The Blood category
Usages
- Clears Heat, Cools Blood. Bleeding, fever, dry mouth, purplish tongue.
- Nourishes Yin. Particularly for the sequel of warm febrile disease with constipation, irritability.
- Drains Fire, Relieves Toxicity. Swollen, red eyes, sore throat.
- Softens Harness (salty), Dissipates phlegm fire nodules. Swollen, sore throat, neck lumps.
This formula has cautions, see details
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