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".State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. . 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".Zuo Yanfu, Zhu Zhongbao, Huang Yuezhong, Tao Jinweng, Li Zhaoguo. "Science of Prescriptions", Publishing House of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 2002. . The binding agent is honey.
Chinese classic herbal formula NameChinese (S)GramsRadix 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
See also Chinese classic herbal formula Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan Chinese ophthalmology
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