HERB FORMULAS

YI DAN JU YIN - 抑胆菊饮 - REPRESS THE GALLBLADDER CHRYSANTHEMUM DRINK

English: Repress the Gallbladder Chrysanthemum Drink
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Spica Prunellae Xia Ku Cao 30g Clears Liver Fire, clears Hot Phlegm and treats hypertension.
Ram. cum Uncis Uncariae Gou Teng 30g Extinguishes Wind, drains Liver Heat, pacifies Liver Yang and releases the Exterior.
With Tian Ma, calms the Liver and extinguishes Wind.
With Tian Ma and Quan Xie, for Liver Wind.
With Xia Ku Cao, Ju Hua and Huang Qin, for Liver Fire with headaches and dizziness and hypertension with headaches and feelings of distention in the head.
With Quan Xie, for stubborn migraines or trigeminal neuralgia from Liver Wind or Liver Yang Rising.
Concha Margaritaferae Usta Zhen Zhu Mu 30g Calms the Liver, anchors Yang and drains Liver Fire.
Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin 12g Clears Heat, dries Dampness, drains Fire and calms ascending Liver Yang.
With Xia Ku Cao, for dizziness and headaches due to extreme rebellion of Liver Fire.
Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua 12g Disperses Wind, clears Heat, calms Liver Yang and extinguishes Wind.
With Chuan Xiong, for headaches due to Wind-Heat or Liver Yang Rising.
Rz. Gastrodiae Tian Ma 12g Extinguishes Wind, calms the Liver, subdues Rising Liver Yang and alleviates pain.
With Chuan Xiong, for overwhelming attacks of Wind leading to migraines and dizziness so severe that the person feels as if they are about to fall over.
Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi 12g Expels Wind, eliminates Dampness and alleviates pain.
With Chuan Xiong, for headaches.
With Chuan Xiong, Ju Hua and Huang Qin, for Wind-Heat headaches.
Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong 12g Invigorates the Blood, promotes the movement of Qi, expels Wind and alleviates pain.
Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi 12g Clears Liver Fire, invigorates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.
With Ju Hua, for dizziness and red, swollen eyes due to ascending Liver Fire.
Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi 12g Clears Heat and reduces Fire.
With Mu Dan Pi, for dysmenorrhea, headaches, dry, scratchy eyes and intercostal pain due to Liver Blood Deficiency.
Pheretima Di Long 9g Clears Heat, extinguishes Wind, unblocks and promotes movement in the channels and collaterals, anchors Liver Yang and lowers Blood pressure.
Scorpio Quan Xie 9g Extinguishes Wind, unblocks the collaterals and stops pain.
With Di Long, for Liver Yang Rising and Heat Stagnation.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears the Liver
  • Purges Fire
  • Expels and extinguishes Wind

SYNDROMES

  • Liver Fire

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Severe, splitting headaches with dizziness
  • Sudden tinnitus or deafness
  • Severe distention and pain which pounds in the temporal area
  • Maybe pain in the whole head
  • Emotional tension during the attack
  • Photophobia
  • Flushed face
  • Red, swollen, painful eyes
  • Irascibility with violent angry outbursts
  • Dry mouth
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Thirst
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting sour or bitter liquid
  • Insomnia
  • Restlessness
  • Constipation or dry stools
  • Maybe rib pain
  • T: Red tip and edges
  • C: Thick, yellow, dry and rough
  • P: Wiry, excess and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For nausea: For Phlegm:
+ 12g Haematitum Dai Zhe Shi + 9g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
+ 12g Caulis Bambusae in Taeniam Zhu Ru
+ 9g Arisaema cum Bile Dan Nan Xing
For enduring pain entering the network vessels: For constipation:
+ 12g Sm. Persicae Tao Ren + 6-9g Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang
+ 12g Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao