Zhi Beng Zheng Ji Yan Fang
StarSource: Nu Ke Ji Yao
Last updated October 23, 2026
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Description
Zhi Beng Zheng Ji Yan Fang (Extreme Effective Formula in Treati ng Beng Syndromes), from Nu Ke Ji Yao.
Actions: Clear heat, nourish Yin, and stop bleeding.
Indications: Yin deficiency and Liver heat with reckless blood flow. Symptoms include excessive uterine bleeding (Beng), bright red blood, dry mouth, dry lips, yellow tongue coating, red tongue, and rapid and forceful pulse.
Source: Liu C, Tseng A, with Yang S. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Modern Applications of Traditional Formulas. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2005, p. 200.
Composition
Liquorice — estimated at the Chinese Pharmacopoeia's minimum content: about 108 mg of glycyrrhizic acid a day (Gan Cao 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Zhi Zi
as printed: Jiao Shan Zhi Zi 9 g
|
9g | 6.12% | — | |
|
Huang Qin
as printed: Huang Qin 12 g
|
12g | 8.16% | — | |
|
Chuan Lian Zi
as printed: Chuan Lian Zi 9 g
|
9g | 6.12% | — | |
|
Mu Dan Pi
as printed: Mu Dan Pi 9 g
|
9g | 6.12% | — | |
|
Di Yu
as printed: Chao Di Yu 24 g
|
24g | 16.33% | — | |
|
Lian Xu
as printed: Lian Xu 9 g
|
9g | 6.12% | — | |
|
Mu Li
as printed: Mu Li 15 g
|
15g | 10.2% | — | |
|
Bai Shao
as printed: Bai Shao Yao 24 g
|
24g | 16.33% | — | |
|
Gan Cao
as printed: Gan Cao 6 g
|
6g | 4.08% | — | |
|
Sheng Di Huang
as printed: Sheng Di Huang 30 g
|
30g | 20.41% | — |
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 (-1.31)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 41%, cool 49%, neutral 10%.
Small but decisive: Zhi Zi 9g (cold, 6% of the grams), Huang Qin 12g (cold, 8% of the grams), Chuan Lian Zi 9g (cold, 6% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.
Taste
- pungent 3%
- sweet 20%
- sour 16%
- bitter 50%
- salty 10%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Liver 76%
- Heart 61%
- Kidney 43%
- Stomach 29%
- Spleen 29%
- Large intestine 25%
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. Continue taking a few doses of this formula.
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Formula family
Full equations
- This formula = Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang + Chuan Lian Zi, Di Yu, Huang Qin, Lian Xu, Mu Dan Pi, Mu Li, Sheng Di Huang and Zhi Zi. Relative doses differ by up to about 4× from the catalogue's Shao Yao Gan Cao 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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