HERB FORMULAS

LIAN PO YIN - 蓮朴飲- COPTIS AND MAGNOLIA BARK DRINK

English: Coptis and Magnolia Bark Drink
Also Known As: Coptis and Magnolia Bark Decoction

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Ginger-processed Rz. Coptidis Jiang Huang Lian 3-10g Cools Stomach Fire and Heat, alleviates nausea and descends rebellious Qi.
Prepared Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Zhi Hou Po 6-12g Harmonizes the Stomach with a strong ability to promote the flow of Qi to treat rebellious Qi causing wheezing and nausea.
With Huang Lian, for acute diarrhea associated with sudden turmoil disorder from Damp-Heat.
Dry-fried Fr. Gardeniae Chao Zhi Zi 9-12g Reduces rebellious Stomach Qi while clearing Heat agitation.
With Dan Dou Chi, for insomnia and irritability from Deficiency due to Heat lingering in the chest.
Dry-fried Sm. Sojae Preparatum Chao Dan Dou Chi 9-12g Reduces Food Stagnation and harmonizes the Middle Jiao.
Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu 3-9g Transforms turbid Dampness, harmonizes the Middle Jiao, awakens the Spleen and promotes the movement of Qi.
With Huang Lian and Hou Po, for sudden turmoil disorder from smoldering Damp-Heat.
Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia 3-12g Dries Dampness, transforms Phlegm, descends Rebellious Qi, stops vomiting and harmonizes the Stomach.
With Huang Lian, for epigastric distention and indigestion due to a simultaneous invasion of Hot and Cold pathogenic influences into the Stomach.
With Hou Po, for Phlegm-induced cough, vomiting, and epigastric and abdominal distention.
Rz. Phragmitis Lu Gen 15-60g Clears Stomach Heat, regulates Stomach Qi, relieves thirst, relieves food poisoning and stops vomiting.
With Zhi Zi, for irritability.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Transforms Dampness
  • Regulates Qi
  • Harmonizes the Middle Jiao

SYNDROMES

  • Damp-Heat in the Middle Jiao
  • Sudden Turmoil Disorder
  • Phlegm-Fire
  • Summerheat and Dampness

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Simultaneous vomiting and diarrhea
  • Focal distention in the chest and epigastrium
  • A stifling sensation in the chest and epigastrium
  • Irritability
  • Acid regurgitation
  • Anorexia
  • Restlessness
  • Fatigue
  • Abdominal pain
  • A bitter taste in the mouth
  • Dark, scanty, possibly reddish urine
  • T: Normal
  • C: Yellow and greasy
  • P: Slippery and rapid or Smooth and wiry

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Use only for Damp-Heat type sudden turmoil disorder.
  • Contraindicated for those with Cold-Dampness.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For diarrhea more prominent than vomiting: For abdominal fullness and distention:
+ Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi + Fr. Tsaoko Cao Guo
+ Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren + Fr. Amomi Rotundus Bai Dou Kou
For hematochezia: For severe diarrhea:
+ Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu + Sm. Lablab Bai Bian Dou
+ Rx. Rubiae Qian Cao Gen + Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren
For diarrhea and rectal tenesmus: For indigestion and Food Stagnation:
+ Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang + Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha
+ Sm. Arecae Bing Lang + Massa Medicata Fermentata Shen Qu
For more Heat than Dampness:
+ Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin For Summerheat with Dampness:
+ Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua + 10g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu
+ Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao
or For severe fullness and distention:
+ 9-12g Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin + 9g Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang
For more Dampness than Heat: +9-12g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
+ 30g Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren For Spleen Deficiency:
+9-12g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu + 9g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
For scanty urination:
+ 12g Talcum Hua Shi For torpid intake:
+ 12g Poria Fu Ling + 9g Stir-fried Massa Medicata Fermentata Chao Shen Qu
For severely damaged Qi: For severely Fluids:
+ Rx. Panacis Quinquifolii Xi Yang Shen + More (12g) Hb. Dendrobii Shi Hu
+ 9g Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi + More (12g) Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong
For severe Heat:
+ 24g Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao For myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue and Epstein-Barr:
For miliaria alba:
+ Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren - Sm. Sojae Preparatum Dan Dou Chi
+ Phylostachys Nigra Zhu Ye + 15g Talcum Hua Shi
For night sweats: + 5g Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang
- Rz. Phragmitis Lu Gen + 6g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu
+ 9g Poria Fu Ling For night sweats with severe Heat:
For night sweats with severe Dampness: - Rz. Phragmitis Lu Gen
- Rz. Phragmitis Lu Gen + 9g Poria Fu Ling
+ 9g Poria Fu Ling + 9g Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
+ 9g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie For night sweats with Qi Deficiency:
+ 9g Polyporus Zhu Ling - Rz. Phragmitis Lu Gen
For night sweats with a poor appetite: + 9g Poria Fu Ling
- Rz. Phragmitis Lu Gen + 9g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
+ 9g Poria Fu Ling
+ 9g stir-fried Massa Medicata Fermentata Shen Qu + 9g stir-fried Rz. Dioscoreae Shan Yao