Jiang Ni Zhi E Tang
StarSource: Jiang Su Zhong Yi Za Zhi
Last updated October 23, 2026
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Description
Jiang Ni Zhi E Tang (Direct the Rebellious Qi Downward and Stop Hiccup Decoction), from Jiang Su Zhong Yi Za Zhi.
Actions: Descend rebellion, stop hiccup.
Indications: Heat above, cold below, Stomach Qi rebellion. Symptoms include hiccup with soft and low sound, coldness of lower limb, dry red tongue with thin coating, and thin pulse.
Source: Liu C, Tseng A, with Yang S. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Modern Applications of Traditional Formulas. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2005, p. 91.
Composition
Liquorice — estimated at the Chinese Pharmacopoeia's minimum content: about 162 mg of glycyrrhizic acid a day (Gan Cao 9 g × 1.8 %). The EU Scientific Committee on Food considers 100 mg/day an upper limit for regular intake that protects most people. The estimate assumes all of it passes into what is taken, uses the pharmacopoeia's dry-weight minimum, and takes the amounts as one day's dose.
Sources
Sources: Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2020, 甘草 and 炙甘草, assay (glycyrrhizic acid not less than 1.8 % in the dispensed slices and 1.0 % in honey-fried liquorice, by dry weight). EU Scientific Committee on Food, Opinion on glycyrrhizinic acid and its ammonium salt, SCF/CS/ADD/EDUL/225 Final, 2003. The Committee notes this limit may not protect people with high blood pressure, electrolyte or fluid-balance disorders, slow gut transit, or reduced 11β-HSD2 activity.
- 《中华人民共和国药典》2020年版一部 — 甘草, 饮片 甘草片【含量测定】甘草酸 不得少于1.8%（按干燥品计算） (opens in a new tab)
- 《中华人民共和国药典》2020年版一部 — 炙甘草【含量测定】甘草酸 不得少于1.0%（按干燥品计算） (opens in a new tab)
- EU Scientific Committee on Food, Opinion on glycyrrhizinic acid and its ammonium salt, SCF/CS/ADD/EDUL/225 Final (10 April 2003) (opens in a new tab)
- EMA/HMPC/108399/2024 — European Union herbal monograph on Glycyrrhiza glabra L.; Glycyrrhiza inflata Bat.; Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch., radix, §4.9 Overdose (opens in a new tab)
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Dai Zhe Shi
as printed: Dai Zhe Shi (decoct first) 24 g
|
24g | 18.6% | — | |
|
Xuan Fu Hua
as printed: Xuan Fu Hua (wrapped) 12 g
|
12g | 9.3% | — | |
|
Chen Pi
as printed: Ju Pi 15 g
|
15g | 11.63% | — | |
|
Zhu Ru
as printed: Zhu Ru 12 g
|
12g | 9.3% | — | |
|
Ding Xiang
as printed: Ding Xiang 9 g
|
9g | 6.98% | — | |
|
Shi Di
as printed: Shi Di 9 g
|
9g | 6.98% | — | |
|
Tai Zi Shen
as printed: Tai Zi Shen 12 g
|
12g | 9.3% | — | |
|
Gan Cao
as printed: Gan Cao 9 g
|
9g | 6.98% | — | |
|
Tian Men Dong
as printed: Tian Men Dong 9 g
|
9g | 6.98% | — | |
|
Mai Men Dong
as printed: Mai Men Dong 9 g
|
9g | 6.98% | — | |
|
Pi Pa Ye
as printed: Pi Pa Ye (without hair) 9 g
|
9g | 6.98% | — |
Energetics dose-weighted
The formula's overall nature, taste balance and channel reach, weighted by each herb's dose. Classical formulas often pair warm and cool herbs on purpose, so a net figure summarises the mix — it doesn't describe every herb in it.
Nature
Net slightly cool (-0.53)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 33%, cool 16%, neutral 23%, warm 28%.
Pairs warm and cool. 28% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 49% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.
Small but decisive: Tian Men Dong 9g (cold, 7% of the grams), Mai Men Dong 9g (cold, 7% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.
Taste
- pungent 16%
- sweet 28%
- bitter 53%
- salty 3%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Lung 74%
- Stomach 72%
- Spleen 51%
- Heart 42%
- Pericardium 19%
- Liver 19%
Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
Dose-weighted from each herb's recorded nature, taste and channels (missing values are left out, never counted as neutral). It describes the composition — it is not a recommendation.
Preparation
Decoction. Take warm, three times per day.
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Formula family
Full equations
- This formula = Shi Di Tang + Chen Pi, Dai Zhe Shi, Gan Cao, Mai Men Dong, Pi Pa Ye, Tai Zi Shen, Tian Men Dong, Xuan Fu Hua and Zhu Ru. At the proportions of the catalogue's Shi Di Tang.
Each entry reads as the larger formula written out: “+” adds its other catalogue cores, then the herbs none of them hold. A catalogue formula counts as a core only when at least 80% of its herbs are present, no more than 1 is absent, and the absent herb is not its chief.
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