HERB FORMULAS

YI YI REN TANG JIA JIAN - 薏苡仁湯加減 - MODIFIED COICIS DECOCTION

English: Modified Coicis Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong 10g Invigorates Blood, regulates Qi, expels Wind-Cold and alleviates pain.
With Dang Gui for Wind-Damp Invasion blocking the Blood vessels causing pain, numbness and paralysis.
With Gui Zhi, expels Wind-Dampness, warms the channels and collaterals, facilitates joint movement and relieves Bi pain for joint and limb pain due to External Wind-Cold invasion
Rx. et Rz. Notopterygii Qiang Huo 10g Expels Wind-Cold-Dampness, disperses Cold, unblocks painful obstruction, alleviates pain and guides Qi to the Tai Yang and Du Channels.
With Chuan Xiong, for headache and generalized body aches and pains associated with painful obstruction
With Fang Feng for pain due to Wind-Dampness.
With Du Huo for Wind-Dampness.
With Cang Zhu, for a heavy-headed sensation.
Rx. Angelicae Pubescentis Du Huo 10g Disperses Wind-Cold-Dampness, opens the channels, vitalizes the vessels and alleviates pain.
With Ma Huang, for Wind-Cold with anhidrosis and body aches and pains.
With Fang Feng, for numbness in the legs.
With Qiang Huo for joint pain and numbness.
Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng 10g Expels Wind-Cold-Dampness and alleviates pain.
With Cang Zhu for pain due to Wind-Dampness.
With Qiang Huo and Dang Gui, for Wind-Cold-Damp Bi.
With Ma Huang, dispels Wind-Cold from the Exterior.
Rx. Aconiti Preparata Zhi Chuan Wu 3g Expels Wind-Dampness, disperses Cold, warms and activates the Channels and stops pain.
Hb. Ephedrae Ma Huang 3g Releases the Exterior, disperses Cold, promotes urination reduces edema.
With Gui Zhi, for Wind-Cold excess conditions with fever and chills but no sweat and Wind-Cold-Damp Bi.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 10g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, disperses Cold and alleviates pain.
With Chuan Xiong, harmonizes, nourishes and invigorates the Blood and disperses Blood Stasis.
Rz. Atractylodes Cang Zhu 10g Strongly dries Dampness, tonifies the Spleen, expels Wind-Dampness, clears Dampness from the Lower Jiao and releases the Exterior.
With Yi Yi Ren and Han Fang Ji, for Damp Predominant Bi.
Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren 10g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen, clears Heat, expels pus, expels Wind-Dampness and soothes numbness.
With Ma Huang, Gui Zhi and Cang Zhu, for Wind-Damp Bi.
Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi 6g Releases external Wind-Cold from the muscle layer. and harmonizes the Ying and Wei, warms the channels and collaterals to relieve pain, disperses Cold, unblocks Yang, transforms Qi and warms and facilitates the flow of Blood through the vessels.
With Han Fang Ji, for Wind-Cold Damp Bi.
Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae Han Fang Ji 10g Expels Wind-Dampness, alleviates pain, promotes urination and reduces edema.
Rz. Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Bei Xie 10g Resolves turbid Dampness in the Lower Jiao, expels Wind-Dampness, relaxes the sinews, and unblocks the Luo Channels.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Resolves Dampness
  • Reduces swelling
  • Moves Qi
  • Warms the channels
  • Dispels Wind

SYNDROMES

  • Wind-Damp Bi

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Joint swelling and pain, especially hands and feet
  • Heaviness of the joints
  • Numbness of the joints
  • Stiffness of the joints
  • Fever
  • Heaviness of the body
  • Coldness of the body
  • Dizziness Likes pressure
  • Fatigue
  • Pale complexion
  • Preference for warmth
  • T: Pale
  • C: Thick and white or Greasy and white
  • P: Thready and slippery

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • This formula is commonly used for Bi Syndrome that does not respond to treatment or was improperly treated at the acute stage and is becoming chronic.

MODIFICATIONS

For Rheumatoid arthritis:  
- Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae Han Fang Ji    
- Rz. Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Bei Xie    
+ Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang    
+ Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao