HERB FORMULAS

BAO YIN JIAN

English: Preserving Yin Decoction
Also Known As: Protecting Yin Decoction

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 24g Clears Heat, cools the Blood Nourishes Yin and generates fluids.
With Shu Di Huang, for Heat symptoms due to Yin Deficiency and Devastated Blood.
With Bai Shao, for Blood Deficiency Heat.
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang 12g Nourishes the Blood, nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin, strongly enriches Yin, nourishes Jing and Blood and fills the Marrow.
Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao 12g Nourishes the Blood and regulates menstruation.
Rz. Dioscoreae Shan Yao 12g Tonifies the Spleen, tonifies Kidney Yin and astringes Jing.
Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin 9g Clears Heat, dries Dampness, Cools the Blood, stops bleeding and calms the fetus.
With Shan Yao, for restless fetus due to Deficiency Heat.
With Bai Shao, cools Heat and nourishes the Blood for calming the fetus which is disturbed by Heat.
Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai 9g Drains Damp-Heat especially from the Lower Jiao and drains Kidney Fire.
Rx. Dipsaci Xu Duan 6g Tonifies the Liver and Kidneys, stops uterine bleeding, calms the fetus and prevents miscarriage.
Rx Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 3g Moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Cools Blood
  • Clears Heat
  • Astringes Yin
  • Nourishes Yin
  • Strengthens the Kidneys
  • Regulates menstruation

SYNDROMES

  • Blood Heat
  • Blood Deficiency with Heat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Threatened miscarriage early in pregnancy
  • Mild menorrhagia that suddenly transforms into copious menorrhagia
  • Clear, light red, and thick blood or
  • The blood is bright red,
  • A general feeling of heat
  • Thirst
  • Evening fever
  • Hot palms and soles
  • Restlessness
  • Insomnia
  • Dark yellow urine
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Rapid and overflowing or Thready and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For bleeding: For disharmony between the Heart and Kidneys, with restlessness and insomnia:
+ Charred Pollen Typhae Pu Huang Tan + 10g Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae Suan Zao Ren
+ Colla Corii Asini E Jiao + 15g Caul. Polygoni Multiflori Ye Jiao Teng
For menorrhagia:
For more severe Yin Deficiency with evening fever, hot palms and soles, and restlessness:
+ 15g Rx. Rubiae Qian Cao + 15g Fossilia Ossis Mastoidi Long Gu
+ 15g Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu + 15g Plastrum Testudinis Gui Ban
For thirst:
For heavy bleeding: ,
+ 10g Rx. Adenophorae Nan Sha Shen + Endoconcha Sepiae Hai Piao Xiao
+ 7g Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi + Hb. Agrimoniae Xian He Cao
For spotting:
For Yin Deficiency: Long Gu
+ Pollen Typhae Pu Huang + Plastrum Testudinis Gui Ban
+ Rx. Notoginseng San Qi + Fossilia Ossis Mastoidi Long Gu
For long time bleeding due to Qi and Yin Deficiency:
+ Generate the Pulse Powder
Sheng Mai San
    
or
    
+ Rx. Astragali Huang Qi    
+ Rx. Glehniae Bei Sha Shen