Biological Deciphering of the “Kidney Governing Bones” Theory in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Table 2

Kidney tonifying prescriptions via sex hormones/receptors.

Tonifying kidney prescriptions	Composition of TCM	References
Zuogui-Wan	Praeparata, dogwood, yam, deer-horn glue, tortoise-plastron glue, Fructus lycii, dodder seed, and Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae	[73]
Yougui-Wan	Praeparata, dogwood, yam, deer-horn glue, Fructus lycii, dodder seed, cinnamon, angelica, monkshood, and Eucommia ulmoides	[74, 75]
Liuweidihuang pill	Rehmannia root, Cornus officinalis siebold, Chinese yam, Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp., Paeonia suffruticosa, and Poria cocos	[76, 77]
Xian-Ling-Gu-Bao capsule	Herba epimedii, Radix Dipsaci, Fructus psoraleae, Rhizoma anemarrahenae, Radix rehmanniae, and Radix salviae miltiorrhizae	[78, 79]
AS1350	Cornu cervi pantotrichum, cinnamomi cortex, Radix Rehmanniae, Schisandra chinensis fructus, Barbary wolfberry fruit, Semen juglandis, Arillus longan, and Fructus ziziphi jujubae	[80]
Nanshi oral liquid	Polygoni multiflori radix, Corni fructus, Morindae officinalis radix, Rosae laevigatae fructus, Jujubae fructus, Juglandis semen, and Longan arillus	[81]
Morinda officinalis capsule	Morinda	[82]