HERB FORMULAS

JIAN PI WEN SHEN JIANG TANG FANG - 健脾温腎降糖方 - FORTIFY THE SPLEEN, WARM THE KIDNEYS AND LOWER BLOOD SUGAR FORMULA

English: Fortify the Spleen, Warm the Kidneys and Lower Blood Sugar Formula
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang 15g Strongly enriches Yin and relieves wasting and thirsting disorder.
With Shan Zhu Yu and Shan Yao, for dizziness, weak and sore back, impotence, spermatorrhea and night sweats, due to Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency.
Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi 15g Nourishes and tonifies Liver and Kidney Blood and Yin and benefits Jing.
With Shu Di Huang, for Liver and Kidney Deficiency.
Rx. Dioscoreae Shan Yao 15g Tonifies the Spleen, nourishes Stomach Yin,stops diarrhea, tonifies Kidney Yin and astringes Jing.
With Shu Di Huang and Shan Zhu Yu, for Kidney Deficiency with spermatorrhea and night sweats.
Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi 9g Warms Ming Men Fire and assists Heart, Kidney and Spleen Yang.
With Gan Jiang, warms the Spleen and Kidneys, benefits Yang and disperses Cold.
With Bai Zhu, for Spleen Yang Deficiency with a cold, painful abdomen, vomiting and watery diarrhea.
With Bai Zhu and Gan Jiang, for internal ascendance of Yin Cold leading to lack of arousal of Spleen Yang with abdominal pain and Cold with watery diarrhea.
Fr. Corni Shan Zhu Yu 9g Stabilizes the Kidneys, astringes Jing and Body Fluids, tonifies Liver and Kidney Yin and strengthens Kidney Yang.
With Shu Di Huang, nourishes Kidney Yin and secures Jing, while restraining urination and sweating.
With Shu Di Huang, Shan Yao and Gou Qi Zi, for True Yin Deficiency.
Fr. Psoraliae Bu Gu Zhi 9g Tonifies the Kidneys, strengthens Yang, stabilizes Jing, astringes urine, tonifies and warms Spleen Yang and stops diarrhea.
Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu 9g Strongly dries Dampness, tonifies the Spleen and clears Dampness from the Lower Jiao.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu 9g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, dries Dampness and promotes water metabolism.
With Cang Zhu, for vaginal discharge.
With Gan Jiang, eliminates Cold Dampness in the Spleen with loss of taste, a sticky sensation in the mouth, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and a thick, white tongue coat.
Sm. Nelumbinis Lian Zi 9g Tonifies the Spleen, astringes diarrhea, tonifies the Kidneys and astringes Jing.
With Shan Yao and Bai Zhu, for chronic diarrhea due to Spleen Deficiency.
Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin 9g Strongly reduces Food Stagnation, improves the Spleen’s transportive function, astringes Jing and urine and stops enuresis.
Galla Rhois Chinensis Wu Bei Zi 9g Astringes the Intestines, stops diarrhea, astringes sweat and astringes the Kidneys.
Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang 5g Warms the Middle and expels Cold.
With Bai Zhu, for frequent diarrhea due to Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold.
With Zhi Fu Zi, for debilitated Spleen and Kidney Yang with incessant diarrhea.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Warms and Reinforces the Spleen and Kidneys
  • Regulates Yin and Yang

SYNDROMES

  • Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Polydipsi
  • Polyphagia
  • Polyuria
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Body cold
  • Limbs icy
  • Complexion white and shiny
  • Fatigue
  • Weakness
  • Shortness of breath
  • Low back, knees and abdomen feel cold and painful
  • Lower abdomen feels cold and painful
  • Loose stools containing undigested food
  • “Cock-crow” diarrhea (occurs at about 5 am)
  • Edema of face and limbs
  • Dysuria
  • Spermatorrhea
  • Impotence
  • Spontaneous perspiration
  • Maybe urinary incontinence
  • Maybe turbid urine
  • Severe: Abdominal ascites
  • T: Pale, moist and swollen
  • C: Thin and white or White and greasy
  • P: Deep, thready, weak and maybe slow

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For a black facial complexion and cold limbs: For dribbling urination and nocturia:
+ 9g Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi + 12g Sm. Ginkgo Bai Guo
+ 9g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen For cold lower back pain:
+ 3g Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui
+ 9g Placenta Hominis Zi He Che + 12g Hb. Taxilli Sang Ji Sheng
+ 3g Cornu Cervi Lu Jiao + 12g Rx. Dipsaci Xu Duan
For Heart palpitations: + 12g Hb. Epimedii Yin Yang Huo
+ 12g Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae Suan Zao Ren    
   
+ 12g Poria Pararadicis Fu Shen    
+ 12g Sm. Platycladi Bai Zi Ren    
+ 6g Rx. Polygalae Yuan Zhi