HERB FORMULAS

YIN QIAO SAN

English: Honeysuckle and Forsythia Powder
Also Known As: Lonicera and Forsythia Combination
Powder of Lonicera and Forsythia

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua 9-15g Disperses Wind, clears Heat and relieves toxicity.
With Gan Cao, for toxic swelling and sores.
With Lian Qiao and Niu Bang Zi , for Wei Stage and Qi Stage Heat and pneumonia with Heat signs
With Lian Qiao, Jing Jie and Bo He, for Wind-Heat Attacks the Lungs.
With Lian Qiao, Jing Jie and Niu Bang Zi, for throat swelling and pain
Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao 9-15g Disperses Wind, clears Heat and relieves toxicity.
With Niu Bang Zi and Bo He, for Wei Stage Heat.
With JIn Yin Hua, for Initial stage Wind-Heat.
Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng 3-9g Disperses the Lungs, stops cough, resolves Phlegm and descends Qi.
With Gan Cao, for hoarseness and throat swelling and pain due to Wind-Heat Attacks the Lungs.
Fr. Arctii Niu Bang Zi 6-12g Disperses Wind-Heat, benefits the throat, relieves Heat and toxins, and spreads Lung Qi.
 With Bo He, for sores due to Wind-Heat, dry throat, cough with yellow sputum, incomplete expression of measles or pruritic rash.
With Jie Geng and Bo He, and Jing Jie, for throat inflammation and productive cough due to Wind-Heat Attacks the Lungs.
With Jin Yin Hua, Bo He, Lian Qiao, and Jie Geng, for Sore throat caused by a febrile disorder or Wind-Heat.
Hb. Menthae Bo He 3-6g Relieves Wind-Heat and benefits the throat.
 With JIng Jie, for Wind-Heat.
With Jing Jie, Lian Qiao and Jin Yin Hua, for Wind-Heat Attacks the Lungs.
With JIng JIe, Niu Bang Zi and Lian Qiao, promotes the eruption of measles
With Niu Bang Zi, for Wind-Heat manifesting as sores, rashes, dry throat and cough with yellow sputum.
Sm. Sojae Praeparata Dan Dou Chi 3-15g Relieves the exterior.
With Niu Bang Zi and Lian Qiao, for Wind-Heat.
With Bo He, Jing Jie and Niu Bang Zi, for early stage Wind-Heat with fever and headache.
Hb. Lophatheri Dan Zhu Ye 3-9g Generates Fluids, alleviates thirst and clears Heat.
Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie 3-9g Relieves the exterior.
 With Bo He, for Wind in the head.
With Bo He, Jie Geng and Gan Cao, for acute cough associated with Wind.
With Bo He, Jin Yin Hua and Lian Qiao, for External Wind-Heat with fever, headache and sore throat.
With Bo He, Liang Qiao and Jie Geng, for Wind-Heat.
Rz. Phragmitis Lu Gen 6-15g Generates Fluids, alleviates thirst and clears Lung Heat.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 3-6g Harmonizes, generates Fluids, alleviates thirst, moistens the Lungs, resolves Phlegm, stops cough and clears Heat.
With Jie Geng, for a sore throat in which the throat is not very red.
With Jin Yin Hua, for damp rashes or acne.
With Niu Bang Zi, strongly clears throat and Lungs to treat Wind-Heat Attacks the Lungs or Fire toxin flaring upwards.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Disperses Wind-Heat
  • Cools Heat
  • Relieves toxicity

SYNDROMES

  • Wind-Heat Attacks the Lungs
  • Wen Bing - Wei Stage Wind-Heat
  • Dry Heat
  • Summer Heat with Dampness
  • Damp Heat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Dry cough
  • Sore, red, swollen throat
  • Slight thirst, with desire to drink cold liquids
  • Runny or blocked nose
  • Fever with little perspiration
  • Slight chills
  • Maybe high fever
  • Aversion to Wind
  • Headache
  • May be dyspnea with flared nostrils
  • T: Red tip
  • C: Thin and yellow or white
  • P: Superficial and rapid

TREATS

  • Acute bronchitis
  • Common cold, initial stage
  • Upper respiratory tract infection
  • Influenza
  • Initial stage of measles
  • Initial stage of mumps (epidemic parotitis)
  • Pharyngitis
  • Acute tonsillitis
  • Acute endometritis
  • Early stage encephalitis B
  • Canker sores
  • Drug-induced dermatitis
  • Purulent otitis media
  • Pneumonia
  • Early stage meningitis
  • Herpes simplex
  • Epstein Barr (herpes type)
  • Mononucleosis
  • Chronic Functional Immune Deficiency Syndrome (CFIDS)
  • Allergies
  • Acute suppurative infection
  • Sinusitis
  • Viral myocarditis
  • Scarlet fever

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • This formula must be significantly modified to treat Damp-Heat.
  • Contraindicated for Wind-Cold.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For chest stuffiness or a stifling sensation: For extreme thirst:
+ Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang + Rx. Trichosanthis Tian Hua Fen
For headache and aversion to Wind:
or
+ Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng Rz. Phragmitis Lu Gen
+ Bul. Allii Fistulosi Cong Bai
For Excess Heat:
For extreme sore throat:
 + Fol. Isatidis Da Qing Ye
+ Fr. Lasiosphere/Calvatia Ma Bo + Rx. Isatidis Ban Lang Gan
+ Rx. Achyranthis Asperae Tu Niu Xi
For severe sore and swollen throat:
+ Rx. Isatidis Ban Lang Gen + Fr. Lasiosphere/Calvatia Ma Bo
or
 + Rz. Belamcandae She Gan
+ Fr. Lasiosphere/Calvatia Ma Bo + Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen
+ Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen
or
For extreme Heat:
+ Universal Benefit Decoction to Eliminate Toxin
Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin
+ Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua
For early stage Lung abscess (carbuncle):
For sore throat with redness and swelling:
 + Fol. Isatidis Da Qing Ye
+ Scallion and Platycodon Decoction     
  Cong Chi Jie Geng Tang
+ Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
+ Clear the Throat and Enable the Diaphragm Decoction 
Qing Yan Li Ge Tang
 + Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying
or
 + Hb Houttuyniae Yu Xing Cao
+ Scallion and Platycodon Decoction
 Cong Chi Jie Geng Tang
 + Hb Lophatheri Dan Zhu Ye
+ Fr. Lasiosphere/Calvatia Ma Bo + More Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ Rz. Belamcandae She Gan
or
+ Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen + Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying
For lack of Body Fluids:
 + Fol. Isatidis Da Qing Ye
+ Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen
For acute endometritis:
For internal Heat with scanty urine:
 - Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao
+ Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang - Hb. Lophatheri Dan Zhu Ye
+ Tub. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong + Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi
+ Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin + Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng
+ Rx Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu + Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang
+ Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi
For headaches and distention:
For Lung Heat Injuring the Body Fluids:
+ Scallion and Platycodon Decoction
Cong Chi Jie Geng Tang
+ Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang + Fol. Mori Sang Ye
+ Tub. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong + Fr. Viticis Man Jing Zi
For maculae:
 + Bombyx Batryticatus Bai Jiang Can
- Sm. Sojae Praeparata Dan Dou Chi
For more serious Wind-Heat:
+ Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang
+ Scallion and Platycodon Decoction
Cong Chi Jie Geng Tang
+ Cx. Moutan Radicis Mu Dan Pi
For Heat-type diarrhea with a yellow tongue coat:
+ Fol. Isatidis Da Qing Ye
+ Kudzu, Scutellaria and Coptis Decoction
Ge Gen Huang Qin Huang Lian Tang
+ Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen
For purulent otitis media - early stage:
For redness and pain of the eyes:
+ Five-Ingredient Decoction to Eliminate Toxin
Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin
+ Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua
For seasonal influenza with toxic Heat
+ Fol. Mori Sang Ye
+ Scallion and Platycodon Decoction
Cong Chi Jie Geng Tang
For dry Fluids due to Wind-Heat Attacks the Lungs or Warm Dryness in autumn with difficulty expectorating:
 + Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying
+ Scallion and Platycodon Decoction
 Cong Chi Jie Geng Tang
 + Rz. Paridis Chong Lou
For oral and nasal Dryness and a dry red tongue with a thin or no coat:
For sticky, yellow Phlegm:
+ Fol. Isatidis Da Qing Ye
+ Scallion and Platycodon Decoction
Cong Chi Jie Geng Tang
+ Rx. Isatidis Ban Lan Gen + Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
+ Rx. Glehniae Nan Sha Shen + Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
+ Exo. Piri (Pear Skin) Li Pi + Per. Trichosanthis Gua Lou Pi
For epistaxis:
For early stage measles:
- Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie + Periostracum Cicadae Chan Tui
- Sm. Sojae Praeparata Dan Dou Chi + Hb. Spirodelae Fu Ping
+ Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen
or
+ Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi + Periostracum Cicadae Chan Tui
or
 + Rx. Arnebiae/ Lithospermi Zi Cao
+ 30g Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen
or
+ 10g Nodus Nelumbinis Ou Jie + Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen
For high fever with sweat:
For Dampness causing a stifling sensation in the chest:
- Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie + Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang
- Sm. Sojae Praeparata Dan Dou Chi + Rx. Curcumae Yu Jin
+ Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao
For irritability and thirst:
+ Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu + Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong
For cough with thick sputum:
 + Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao
+ Bul. Fritillariae Zhe Bei Mu
For more Interior Heat:
+ Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren + Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Shi
or
 + Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
+ Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
For severe headaches:
+ Bul. Fritillariae Zhe Bei Mu + Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua
+ Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou + Fol. Mori Sang Ye
For severe cough:
 + Fr. Viticis Man Jing Zi
+ Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
For a very red, sore and swollen throat:
or
 + 18g Rx. Sophorae Tonkinensis Shan Dou Gen
+ 10g Rx. Peucedani Qian Hu + 30g Fol. Isatidis Da Qing Ye
+ 10g Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu
For high fever and severe thirst:
+ 15g Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou + 30g Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao
For a stifling sensation in the chest:
 + 30g Rx. Isatidis Ban Lan Gen
+ Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang + 10 g Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
+ Hb. Eupatorii Pei Lan + 30 Rx. Trichosanthis Tian Hua Fen
For purulent otitis media:
   
+ Five Ingredient Decoction to Eliminate Toxin
Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin