Summary

• Traditionally used in Chinese medicine to nourishthe kidney Yin, activate the blood and resolve blood stasis, and to clear heat and drain damp in disorders of the lower Jiao pattern
• This is a modern empirical formula that has been developed to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (prostatic hypertrophy) as well as chronic non-bacterial prostatitis
• Benign prostatic hyperplasia is a non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate gland that generally restricts the flow of urine from the bladder
• This formula focuses on kidney Yin deficiency together with blood stasis as the predominant disease mechanisms
• It also clears any residual heat or damp-heat from the lower Jiao, and facilitates the flow of urine

Indications: 

• Benign prostatic hyperplasia

TCM Syndromes: 

• Kidney Yin deficiency with deficiency heat
• Blood stasis
• Damp-heat retetion in the lower Jiao 

Key clinical features: 

• Urinary frequency, difficult urination, hesitant/interrupted weak stream
• Urinary urgency, painful urination, dribbling urination
• Nocturnal polyuria
• Prostate enlargement detected on medical examination