HERB FORMULAS

YIN CHEN WU LING SAN

English: Artemisia Yinchenhao and Five Ingredient Powder with Poria
Also Known As: Capillaris and Hoelen Formula

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Hb. Artemisiae Capillaris Yin Chen Hao 12-65g Clears Damp-Heat from the Liver and Gallbladder, relieves jaundice and is the principle herb for treating jaundice.
Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie 4-15g Promotes urination, resolves Dampness, strengthens the Spleen, harmonizes the Middle Jiao and transforms Phlegm.
Poria Fu Ling 2.3-15g Leeches out Dampness due to deficiency, promotes urination, strengthens the Spleen, and assists the Yang.
With Zhu Ling, promotes urination.
With Bai Zhu, strengthens the Spleen and promotes urination.
With Gui Zhi warms and transforms fluids, unblocks Yang and promotes urination.
With Ze Xie, Gui Zhi and Bai Zhu for Dampness Obstruction causing Lin Syndrome, edema, heaviness of the body, and irritability.
Scl. Polypori Zhu Ling 2.3-15g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness and dispels Heat.
With Ze Xie, drains Damp, unblocks and drains urinary pathways and drains Heat from the Bladder.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu 2.3-10g Strengthens the Spleen, aids transformation and transportation of fluids and resolves Dampness
 With Fu Ling and Gui Zhi, for Spleen Deficiency with chest distention and edema.
Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi 1.5-10g Warms the Ming Men assisting the Bladder in transforming and discharging urine, aids the Spleen to raise up Damp and releases exterior pathogens.
With Bai Zhu, for Heart and Spleen Yang Deficiency with palpitations, edema and shortness of breath.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Promotes urination
  • Drains Dampness
  • Strengthens the Spleen
  • Warms Yang
  • Promotes the transforming functions of Qi
  • Clears Damp-Heat
  • Treats jaundice (more Dampness than Heat)

SYNDROMES

  • Damp-Heat Injures the Spleen (jaundice with dysuria)

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Headache
  • Fever (maybe chills)
  • Strong thirst with a desire to drink.
  • Vomits immediately after drinking
  • Urinary difficulty
  • Edema
  • General sensation of heaviness
  • Diarrhea
  • Irritability
  • Simultaneous vomiting and diarrhea
  • Throbbing sensations below umbilicus
  • Vomits frothy saliva
  • Vertigo
  • Abdominal pain and / or distention
  • Dark urine
  • Anxiety
  • Jaundice
  • Shortness of breath
  • Cough
  • Urinary retention
  • Lower abdominal fullness
  • Extreme thirst
  • Palpitations
  • Lower abdominal distention
  • Lower abdominal palpitations
  • Dizziness
  • Abdominal pain
  • Restlessness
  • Slightly pale skin tone
  • T: Normal
  • C:Thick, yellow and greasy
  • P: Soft and rapid

TREATS

  • Acute or chronic nephritis
  • Chronic renal failure
  • Congestive heart failure
  • Ascites from liver cirrhosis
  • Meniere’s disease
  • Infectious hepatitis
  • Gastroptosis
  • Gastrectasis
  • Acute gastroenteritis
  • Acute enteritis
  • Acute genito-urinary infections
  • Neurogenic bladder syndrome
  • Scrotal hydrocele
  • Cardiac edema
  • Chicken pox
  • Renal cirrhosis
  • Jaundice
  • Cholera
  • Blisters
  • Dacrocystitis
  • Migraine
  • Uremia
  • Toxemia during pregnancy
  • Indigestion
  • Motion sickness
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Viral conjunctivitis
  • Diabetes
  • Nyctalopia
  • Peritonitis
  • Renal atrophy
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • With Spleen Qi and Kidney Deficiencies limit dosage, may combine with tonics.
  • For urinary difficulty with Yin Deficiency, protect Yin.
  • Overdose symptoms include - dizziness, vertigo, a bland taste and anorexia.
  • Avoid long term administration.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • This formula is considered first choice for Damp-Heat jaundice.

MODIFICATIONS

For fever and thirst: For dysuria:
+ Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao + Caulis Akebiae Mu Tong
+ Rz. anemarrhenae Zhi Mu + Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang