Moisture from the root up
Mai Wei Di Huang Wan 6 Pack
6 bottles · 360 tablets · about 60 days at 6 a day
Mai Wei Di Huang Wan's the Eight Immortals one, for dryness that starts down in the Kidneys and works its way up to the Lungs. Six bottles. Sixty days. Slow going, which is honestly how rehmannia formulas always liked it. Why take it over weeks
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Feeding the mother to water the child
Herbalists saw the Lung and Kidney as mother and child, Metal feeding Water, so dryness in one was thought to drag on the other over time. Slow loop, that. So what does this formula do about it? Both ends at once. Rehmannia and friends see to the Kidneys, ophiopogon keeps the Lungs moist, and schisandra's there to hold it all in (that was its job). People were kept on rehmannia formulas for weeks, months even, so sixty days at six a day is really just letting this one settle.
You'll find it's often picked later in life, since Yin's meant to dwindle as the years go by. Is the dry throat new, though? Or the warm nights? Coming with a cough, weight loss, heavy sweats? We'd honestly see your GP before any herbal anything.
10 days a bottle, about 60 days in all
Sixty days for Lungs and Kidneys
Bottles 1–2
Days 1 to 20
Three in the morning, three at night, with food if the rehmannia sits heavy. How's your throat when you wake? Evenings warm? Scribble it down. You'll want that to compare against.
Bottles 3–4
Days 21 to 40
Tummy check time, the old herbalists would say. Heavy, or a bit loose? Pause it and ask a practitioner. All fine? Keep going, and keep the warm water coming.
Bottles 5–6
Days 41 to 60
Out come the notes. A herbalist might keep you on it, or go back to plain Liu Wei, or if the heat's taken over, pick a cooler relative.
Pregnant? Tree peony bark's usually kept away from pregnancy, so best leave it. Breastfeeding too. Then there's schisandra, which can fiddle with how your liver handles some prescription drugs. On anything regular? Have a word with your GP or pharmacist first. We'd much rather you did.
Choosing between them
Neighbours for dryness and warm nights
Where's Mai Wei sit? Sort of in between. There's a Lung-and-Stomach one on one side of it, and a cooler Kidney one on the other. Herbalists picked between them by where the dryness started and how hot things ran.
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Mai Wei Di Huang Wan
Liu Wei's six herbs plus ophiopogon and schisandra. For Kidney Yin running low, with dryness that reaches the throat and Lungs and mild warmth at night.
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Six bottles of Mai Wei Di Huang Wan
Every bottle is the same: 60 tablets of the formula on our single bottle page, so 6 a day gives you 10 days a bottle.
| Di Huang Rehmannia glutinosa | 908mg |
| Shan Zhu Yu Cornus officinalis | 437mg |
| Shan Yao Dioscorea oppositifolia | 437mg |
| Mai Dong Ophiopogon japonicus | 337mg |
| Wu Wei Zi Schisandra chinensis | 236mg |
| Ze Xie Alisma plantago-aquatica | 337mg |
| Mu Dan Pi Paeonia suffruticosa | 337mg |
| Fu Ling Wolfiporia hoelen | 337mg |
Also contains: Cassava starch, Hypromellose, Magnesium stearate, Polyethylene glycol, Talc.
Living with six bottles
The practical bits
Storing them
Somewhere cool and dry, out of direct sun. Leave the bottles you're not using sealed until you need them.
Best before
Every bottle carries its own best-before date on the label, so check the one you open next.
Delivery
Order before 3pm on a weekday and it goes out the same day from Essex. UK delivery is free on orders over £40.
Changed your mind?
Sealed, unopened bottles can be returned within 14 days of delivery. The details are in our refund policy.
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Does Mai Wei Di Huang Wan come up around a dry cough at night?
Historically it often does, because a dry, lingering cough that's worse at night fits the Lung and Kidney Yin picture herbalists had in mind. But treating a cough? Not something we can say it does. Three weeks and still coughing, or there's blood, or you're breathless or losing weight? GP first. No question.
Should I take Mai Wei Di Huang Wan at a particular time of year?
Autumn and stuffy heated rooms were when dryness got worse, herbalists reckoned, and that's when they'd reach for something to moisten the Lungs. But Mai Wei's roots are in the Kidneys, so folk with dryness that's been around for years take it all year. In a hot, humid summer a practitioner might suggest a pause, since rich rehmannia can feel heavy in damp weather.
What daily habits fit alongside it?
Rest and moisture, mostly. What drained Yin, as herbalists saw it? Late nights and overwork, mostly, so the first bit of advice was bed earlier. Pears. Soup. Warm water. And steering clear of booze and chilli and smoky rooms, for the Lungs' sake. Nothing fancy, just spending a bit less of yourself.
Can I take it with Sheng Mai San?
People have, but we'd leave that to a practitioner. You'd be getting ophiopogon and schisandra twice over, and schisandra can muck about with how some medicines get processed. Sheng Mai San's more for tiredness and summer wearing you out. Mai Wei? Deep dryness. So ask a qualified herbalist, and if you're on any medicine, your GP or pharmacist as well.
Is the 6-pack any different from the single bottle?
Nope. Same formula exactly, eight herbs with rehmannia in charge. You simply get six 60-tablet bottles, 360 tablets in all, which at three morning and evening comes to sixty days. That's handy for a formula herbalists traditionally kept people on for weeks rather than days.
Mai Wei Di Huang Wan, six bottles at once
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