Description
Yu Nao Shi San (Yellow Croaker’s Auricular Bones Powder), from TCM Otorhinolaryngology (Zhong Yi Er Bi Hou Ke Xue).
Actions: Diffuse and unblock the nasal orifices
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of stuffy nose, with alternating nasal obstruction, or mild or severe nasal obstruction, clear nasal discharge, aggravated by wind-cold, aversion to wind-cold, pale tongue with thin and white coating, and floating pulse
Category: Formulas that Release the Exterior with Acrid-warm Medicinals.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 427–429.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Yu Nao Shi
dose printed as powder 9 g; as printed: Otolthum Pseudosciaenae Croceae (yu nao shi) powder 9 g
|
g | — | — | |
|
Bing Pian
as printed: Borneolum Syntheticum (bing pian) 0.9 g
|
0.9g | 9.09% | — | |
|
Xin Yi (Hua)
as printed: Flos Magnoliae (xin yi) 6 g
|
6g | 60.61% | — | |
|
Xi Xin
as printed: Radix et Rhizoma Asari (xi xin) 3 g
|
3g | 30.3% | — |
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 warm (+0.82)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cool 9%, warm 91%.
Taste
- pungent 96%
- bitter 5%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Lung 100%
- Stomach 61%
- Heart 39%
- Kidney 30%
- Spleen 9%
Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
1 herb without a dose in grams, so left out of every figure above: Yu Nao Shi.
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
Grind the ingredients into fine powder; blow the nose with 1.5 g each time, several times a day
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