Description
Yi Yang Jiu Lian San (Yang-Inhibiting Wine-fried Coptis Rhizome Powder), from Revealing the Mystery of the Origin of Eye Diseases (Yuan Ji Qi Wei).
Actions: Clear heat and dispel wind
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of fighting of wind-damp with heat, accompanied by contracted pupil (iridocyclitis), turbid aqueous humor, or pupillary metamorphosis (posterior synechia), unclear venation of iris, soreness of limbs and joints, blurred vision, slightly dry eyes, yellow and greasy coating, and rapid pulse
Category: Formulas that Release the Exterior with Acrid-cool Medicinals.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 435–438.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sheng Di Huang
as printed: Radix Rehmanniae (sheng di huang) 1.5 g
|
1.5g | 5.17% | — | |
|
Du Huo
as printed: Radix Angelicae Pubescentis (du huo) 1.5 g
|
1.5g | 5.17% | — | |
|
Huang Bai
as printed: Cortex Phellodendri Chinensis (huang bai) 1.5 g
|
1.5g | 5.17% | — | |
|
Fang Feng
as printed: Radix Saposhnikoviae (fang feng) 1.5 g
|
1.5g | 5.17% | — | |
|
Zhi Mu
as printed: Rhizoma Anemarrhenae (zhi mu) 1.5 g
|
1.5g | 5.17% | — | |
|
Han Fang Ji
as printed: Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae (han fang ji) 1.5 g
|
1.5g | 5.17% | — | |
|
Man Jing Zi
as printed: Fructus Viticis (man jing zi) 2 g
|
2g | 6.9% | — | |
|
Qian Hu
as printed: Radix Peucedani (qian hu) 2 g
|
2g | 6.9% | — | |
|
Qiang Huo
as printed: Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii (qiang huo) 2 g
|
2g | 6.9% | — | |
|
Bai Zhi
as printed: Radix Angelicae Dahuricae (bai zhi) 2 g
|
2g | 6.9% | — | |
|
Gan Cao
as printed: Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae (gan cao) 2 g
|
2g | 6.9% | — | |
|
Huang Qin
as printed: Radix Scutellariae (jiu huang qin) 2.5 g
|
2.5g | 8.62% | — | |
|
Han Shui Shi
Xi's Latin reads Glauberitum; per Bensky, Materia Medica 3rd ed. (2004), Han Shui Shi (Calcitum) in use is red gypsum (northern China) or calcite (southern China and outside China); as printed: Glauberitum (han shui shi) 2.5 g
|
2.5g | 8.62% | — | |
|
Zhi Zi
as printed: Fructus Gardeniae (zhi zi) 2.5 g
|
2.5g | 8.62% | — | |
|
Huang Lian
as printed: Rhizoma Coptidis (jiu huang lian) 2.5 g
|
2.5g | 8.62% | — |
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 cool (-1.00)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 55%, cool 14%, neutral 7%, warm 24%.
Small but decisive: Sheng Di Huang 1.5g (cold, 5% of the grams), Huang Bai 1.5g (cold, 5% of the grams), Zhi Mu 1.5g (cold, 5% of the grams), Han Fang Ji 1.5g (cold, 5% of the grams), Huang Qin 2.5g (cold, 9% of the grams), Han Shui Shi 2.5g (cold, 9% of the grams), Zhi Zi 2.5g (cold, 9% of the grams), Huang Lian 2.5g (cold, 9% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.
Taste
- pungent 29%
- sweet 15%
- bitter 52%
- salty 4%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Stomach 52%
- Lung 48%
- Heart 47%
- Kidney 41%
- Spleen 35%
- Liver 31%
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
Decoct the ingredients with water for oral use
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Formula family
Full herb lists
- This formula = Huang Lian Jie Du Tang + Zhi Zi Bai Pi Tang + Bai Zhi, Du Huo, Fang Feng, Han Fang Ji, Han Shui Shi, Man Jing Zi, Qian Hu, Qiang Huo, Sheng Di Huang and Zhi Mu
- This formula = Zhi Zi Bai Pi Tang + Huang Lian Jie Du Tang + Bai Zhi, Du Huo, Fang Feng, Han Fang Ji, Han Shui Shi, Man Jing Zi, Qian Hu, Qiang Huo, Sheng Di Huang and Zhi Mu
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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