HERB FORMULAS

YI YIN JIAN - 一荫健 - ONE YIN DECOCTION

English: One Yin Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 6g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin and generates fluids.
With Shu Di Huang, for Heat symptoms due to Yin Deficiency and Devastated Blood.
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang 6g Nourishes the Blood, nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin, strongly enriches Yin, nourishes Jing and fills the Marrow.
Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao 6g Nourishes the Blood, regulates menstruation, astringes Yin, softens the Liver and relieves pain.
Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong 6g Nourishes Yin.
With Sheng Di Huang, for hematemesis or epistaxis due to Yin Deficiency with Excess Heat.
Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu 6g Clears Heat, drains Fire, nourishes Yin, moistens Dryness, generates Fluids, clears Deficiency Fire and quenches thirst.
Cx. Lycii Di Gu Pi 6g Cools the Blood, drains Yin Deficiency Fire, drains Kidney Fire and eliminates lurking Heat.
Rz. Polygonati Huang Jing 6g Tonifies Spleen Qi, nurtures Stomach Yin, moistens Lung Yin, tonifies the Kidneys and strengthens Jing.
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen  4g Invigorates, cools and nourishes the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, clears Heat and soothes irritability.
Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke 3g Promotes the movement of Qi, reduces distention and pressure and resolves hardenings.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Nourishes Yin
  • Clears Deficiency Heat

SYNDROMES

  • Yin Deficiency with Dry Blood
  • Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Dizziness
  • Dry eyes
  • Tiredness
  • Blurred vision
  • Insomnia
  • Lower back ache
  • Night sweating
  • Tinnitus
  • Five sole Heat
  • T: Red
  • C: Little or none
  • P: Thready and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • This is one of Chinese Medicine's most popular formulas to treat amenorrhea due to Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency with Empty Heat.

MODIFICATIONS

For serious hot flashes and night sweats: For coughing:
+ Hb. Artemisiae Annuae Qing Hao + Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu
+ Carapax Trionycis Bie Jia + Bul. Lilii Bai He
For coughing with Blood:
+ Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi
+ Colla Corii Asini E Jiao
For chronic illness
+ Rz. Bletillae Bai Ji
+ Colla Plastrum Testudinis
Gui Ban Jiao
For abdominal pain:
Sm. Mori
Sang Shen Zi
+ Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi
For amenorrhea:
For amenorrhea with serious hot flashes and night sweats:
 + Rz. Polygonati Huang Jing
+ Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen
+ Hb. Artemisiae Annuae Qing Hao + Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke
For amenorrhea with coughing:
+ Carapax Trionycis Bie Jia + Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu
+ Rz. Polygonati Huang Jing
+ Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen + Bul. Lilii Bai He
+ Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi
+ Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke + Rz. Polygonati Huang Jing
For amenorrhea with hemoptysis:
 + Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen
+ Rz. Polygonati Huang Jing
+ Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen + Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke
For amenorrhea with chronic illness:
+ Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke + Rz. Polygonati Huang Jing
+ Colla Corii Asini E Jiao + Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen
+ Rz. Bletillae Bai Ji
For amenorrhea with abdominal pain:
+ Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke
+ Rz. Polygonati Huang Jing + Colla Plastri Testudinis Gui Ban Jiao
+ Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen + Fr. Mori Sang Shen
   
+ Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke    
+ Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi