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Recommended by holistic veterinarians, Herbsmith Rx Jin Gui Shen Qi San supports the traditional functions of warming Kidney Yang and promoting balanced Qi transformation in dogs, cats, and horses with a veterinarian-confirmed deficiency-Cold pattern. This eight-ingredient formula combines a six-ingredient nourishing and balancing foundation with prepared Fu Zi and Gui Zhi for warming support. The current listing specifies Sheng Di Huang rather than Shu Di Huang and Cinnamon twig rather than Cinnamon bark, distinctions that matter when comparing formulations. Traditional pattern features may include cold sensitivity, low-back stiffness, hindlimb weakness, frequent clear urination, a pale moist tongue, and a deep weak pulse. Available as powder mixed into food; cats and dogs use the Canine Blend, while horses use the Equine/Horse Blend. Dosing varies by species and body weight; your authorizing veterinarian will provide specific guidance.
VETERINARY AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED: Submit Your Authorization Request or Request a TCVM Telemedicine Consultation
What It Supports
- Traditional Yang support: Fu Zi and Gui Zhi provide warming actions within a nourishing and balancing foundation. Actual proportions are not supplied, so small-dose or gentle-safety assurances are not assumed.
- Nourishing foundation: Sheng Di Huang, Shan Zhu Yu, and Shan Yao contribute Yin, fluid, Essence, and Qi support, balanced by Ze Xie, Fu Ling, and Mu Dan Pi. The six ingredients do not all have identical Yin-tonifying actions.
- Cold-sensitive mobility: The formula's traditional pattern focus includes low-back stiffness and hindlimb weakness with Cold signs. These signs still require evaluation for orthopedic, neurological, or other medical causes.
- Urinary pattern support: Traditional Qi transformation and consolidation address selected patterns of frequent clear urination or leakage. This does not establish treatment of infection, obstruction, diabetes, or kidney disease.
TCVM Principles
- Primary action: Warm Kidney Yang within a nourishing foundation and support Qi transformation in the confirmed deficiency-Cold pattern.
- Classical antecedent: The Jin Gui Shen Qi framework combines a six-ingredient foundation with warming ingredients. It shares ingredients with the Liu Wei Di Huang formula family, but the listed Sheng Di Huang and Gui Zhi should not be silently replaced to match another version.
- Pattern differentiation: Kidney Yin, Yang, and Qi describe traditional functions, not biomedical kidney diagnoses. Your veterinarian evaluates Cold signs, tongue, pulse, and the full clinical picture rather than selecting by age, urinary frequency, or hindlimb weakness alone.
- Contraindicated patterns: The existing listing excludes prominent Yin-deficiency Heat, active inflammatory presentations with Heat signs, and patterns lacking the Cold signs needed for this warming strategy. Preference for warmth alone does not confirm a pattern.
- Prepared aconite warning: Fu Zi requires close veterinary supervision. Prepared status does not mean all toxic alkaloids have been removed or that the finished product is risk-free. Review cardiac disease, rhythm abnormalities, medications, pregnancy or nursing status, and renal status before use. Do not substitute raw aconite or use this formula as home treatment for collapse.
- Urgent signs: Stop administration immediately and seek urgent veterinary advice for suspected toxicity, including sudden weakness, excessive drooling, vomiting, collapse, or an abnormal heartbeat. Inability to urinate, breathing difficulty, or sudden loss of hindlimb function requires emergency assessment.
Available Forms
- Powder - Canine Blend (dogs and cats): Listed in 75 g, 150 g, 500 g, 900 g, and 1200 g sizes; mix into food using the prescribed dose.
- Powder - Equine/Horse Blend (horses only): Listed in 150 g, 500 g, 900 g, and 1200 g sizes; mix into grain using horse-specific directions.
Suggested Use
- Canine Blend Powder - Dogs under 30 lbs: ½ tsp twice daily, or as directed by your veterinarian.
- Canine Blend Powder - Dogs 30-80 lbs: 1 tsp twice daily, or as directed by your veterinarian.
- Canine Blend Powder - Dogs 80-120 lbs: 1½ tsp twice daily, or as directed by your veterinarian.
- Canine Blend Powder - Dogs over 120 lbs: 2 tsp twice daily, or as directed by your veterinarian.
- Canine Blend Powder - Cats: ¼ tsp twice daily, or as directed by your veterinarian.
- Equine/Horse Blend - 1,000 lb horse, initial dose: Two tablespoons twice daily in grain, or as directed by your veterinarian. Continue the initial schedule for 20 days, or as directed by your veterinarian.
- Equine/Horse Blend - 1,000 lb horse, subsequent dose: After the initial period, two tablespoons once daily in grain, or as directed by your veterinarian.
Mix the Canine Blend into food. If a horse initially refuses the Equine/Horse Blend, introduce a small amount in grain and gradually increase until accustomed to the taste, or as directed by your veterinarian. Confirm the dog dose at the overlapping 80 lb boundary. Existing numeric doses are preserved, not independently manufacturer-verified. Veterinary authorization and medication review are required before starting, particularly because the formula contains prepared aconite. Continue only for the prescribed duration, or as directed by your veterinarian; the subsequent schedule does not establish indefinite maintenance safety. Stop immediately and seek urgent veterinary advice for suspected adverse reactions or aconite toxicity.
Ingredients
Active Ingredients: Sheng Di Huang (Radix Rehmanniae Glutinosae) - Rehmannia root; Shan Zhu Yu (Fructus Corni Officinalis) - Cornus fruit; Shan Yao (Radix Dioscoreae Oppositae) - Chinese Yam root; Fu Zi (Radix Lateralis Aconiti Carmichaeli Praeparata) - Prepared aconite lateral root; Gui Zhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae) - Cinnamon twig; Ze Xie (Rhizoma Alismatis Orientalis) - Water Plantain rhizome; Fu Ling (Sclerotium Poriae Cocos) - Poria; Mu Dan Pi (Cortex Moutan Radicis) - Tree Peony root bark.
Inactive Ingredient: Flaxseed.
Source confirmation: The eight ingredient designations are preserved from the existing listing. Confirm complete species, plant parts, preparation, proportions, and finished-product testing against the manufacturer label. Sheng Di Huang is not silently changed to prepared Shu Di Huang, and Gui Zhi remains twig rather than Rou Gui bark. Fresh-versus-dried Rehmannia details are unverified. The prepared Fu Zi name does not establish its processing method or residual alkaloid levels. Prior comparisons with Golden Book, Rehmannia 14, and Dynamic Warrior do not establish identical ingredients, concentration, dosing, or safety.
VETERINARY AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED: Submit Your Authorization Request or Request a TCVM Telemedicine Consultation
Active Ingredient TCVM Actions
The eight ingredients combine nourishing and consolidating support, fluid regulation, balancing Blood and Heat actions, and warming support. These traditional functions do not establish finished-product outcomes or eliminate ingredient-specific risks.
- Sheng Di Huang (Radix Rehmanniae Glutinosae) - Rehmannia Root: Traditionally nourishes Yin, generates fluids, and cools Blood, providing a nourishing and cooling complement to the warming ingredients. Confirm the preparation rather than equating it with Shu Di Huang.
- Shan Zhu Yu (Fructus Corni Officinalis) - Cornus Fruit: Traditionally nourishes Liver and Kidney and consolidates Essence. Its astringing role is not evidence that it reduces drug clearance by suppressing urine output.
- Shan Yao (Radix Dioscoreae Oppositae) - Chinese Yam Root: Tonifies Spleen, Lung, and Kidney Qi and Yin and traditionally stabilizes Essence, linking the nourishing foundation with Qi support.
- Fu Zi (Radix Lateralis Aconiti Carmichaeli Praeparata) - Prepared Aconite Lateral Root: Traditionally warms Yang and disperses interior Cold. It is a high-caution ingredient; processing does not guarantee removal of all toxic alkaloids. Do not substitute raw aconite, assume safety from traditional dose relationships, or use it to manage a cardiac emergency at home.
- Gui Zhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae) - Cinnamon Twig: Traditionally warms and unblocks Yang Qi in the channels, supporting the Cold-sensitive component of the pattern. Twig and bark are distinct preparations and should not be interchanged by name alone.
- Ze Xie (Rhizoma Alismatis Orientalis) - Water Plantain Rhizome: Traditionally promotes urination and drains Dampness, providing a draining balance within the nourishing framework.
- Fu Ling (Sclerotium Poriae Cocos) - Poria: Strengthens the Spleen and leaches Dampness, complementing Shan Yao and Ze Xie. Individual Spirit-calming actions do not establish a separate calming indication for this formula.
- Mu Dan Pi (Cortex Moutan Radicis) - Tree Peony Root Bark: Traditionally cools Blood, moves Blood, and clears deficiency Heat, contributing a balancing role without guaranteeing prevention of Heat or stasis during use.
Potential Drug Interactions
Herbsmith Rx Jin Gui Shen Qi San contains prepared aconite, Cinnamon twig, nourishing Rehmannia, fluid-regulating ingredients, and Blood-moving Mu Dan Pi. Pets taking prescription medications should use it under veterinary supervision because herb-drug interaction research in dogs and cats is limited. Horses taking prescriptions also require review. Fu Zi warrants particular attention because prepared status does not eliminate cardioactive toxicity risk. Traditional Blood cooling, movement, or astringency does not establish a quantified anticoagulant effect, glucose effect, or change in renal drug clearance for the finished formula.
Medication categories warranting extra caution include cardiac medicines, digoxin and other cardiac glycosides, antiarrhythmics, beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers, diuretics, anticoagulant and antiplatelet medicines, insulin and other antidiabetic medicines, immunosuppressants, and multiple concurrent prescriptions. Stop administration immediately and seek urgent veterinary advice for suspected toxicity or an abnormal heartbeat, sudden weakness, drooling, vomiting, or collapse. Your veterinarian can determine appropriateness based on your animal's condition, current medications, and laboratory results, including cardiac and renal assessment when relevant.
VETERINARY AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED: Submit Your Authorization Request or Request a TCVM Telemedicine Consultation
Frequently Asked Questions
What pattern is Jin Gui Shen Qi San used for in TCVM?
It supports a veterinarian-confirmed Kidney Yang deficiency pattern with Cold signs, potentially including low-back stiffness, hindlimb weakness, cold sensitivity, frequent clear urination, a pale moist tongue, and a deep weak pulse. Kidney Yang is a traditional functional concept, not a diagnosis of kidney disease. Urinary or mobility changes require clinical investigation, and prominent Heat or Yin-deficiency Heat signs may make the warming strategy unsuitable.
How is the powder administered to dogs, cats, and horses?
Dogs and cats use the Canine Blend mixed into food. Dogs under 30 lbs receive ½ tsp twice daily, or as directed by your veterinarian. Dogs 30-80 lbs receive 1 tsp twice daily, or as directed by your veterinarian. Dogs 80-120 lbs receive 1½ tsp twice daily, or as directed by your veterinarian. Dogs over 120 lbs receive 2 tsp twice daily, or as directed by your veterinarian. Cats receive ¼ tsp twice daily, or as directed by your veterinarian. Confirm the dog dose at the overlapping 80 lb boundary.
For a 1,000 lb horse using the Equine/Horse Blend, give two tablespoons twice daily in grain, or as directed by your veterinarian. Continue the initial schedule for 20 days, or as directed by your veterinarian. Then give two tablespoons once daily in grain, or as directed by your veterinarian. If initially refused, introduce a small amount in grain and gradually increase until accustomed to the taste, or as directed by your veterinarian. Continue only for the prescribed duration, or as directed by your veterinarian. Prepared aconite requires veterinary review before any dose is started.
What monitoring and safety precautions apply?
Your veterinarian reviews cardiac and renal status, medications, mobility, urination, digestion, tolerance, tongue and pulse findings, and relevant examination or laboratory results. Fixed improvement timelines and blanket long-term safety are not established. Continue only for the prescribed duration, or as directed by your veterinarian. Stop immediately and seek urgent veterinary advice for suspected toxicity, including abnormal heartbeat, sudden weakness, drooling, vomiting, or collapse. Inability to urinate or sudden loss of hindlimb function requires emergency assessment rather than waiting for an herbal response.
Why does a Yang-supporting formula include a nourishing foundation, and can versions be substituted?
The traditional strategy combines nourishing and consolidating ingredients with draining and balancing ingredients, plus Fu Zi and Gui Zhi for warmth. It does not mean all six foundation ingredients are Yin tonics or that the formulation is inherently gentle. This listing specifies Sheng Di Huang and Cinnamon twig; versions using Shu Di Huang or Cinnamon bark differ. The prior comparisons with Golden Book, Rehmannia 14, and Dynamic Warrior are not verified equivalence claims. Your veterinarian should compare actual labels, preparations, and concentrations before any substitution.
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