HERB FORMULAS

YI YUAN SAN - 益元散 - BENEFIT THE BASAL POWDER

English: Benefit the Basal Powder
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Talcum Hua Shi 180g Releases Summeheat and resolves Dampness.
With Gan Cao, for Summerheat causing painful urinary dysfunction, thirst, irritability and fever.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 30g Tonifies the Spleen and augments Qi Clears Heat and relieves Fire toxicity, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.
*Cinnabaris Zhu Sha 6g Sedates the Heart and calms the Spirit.
(Succinum) (Hu Po) 1.5-3g (Calms the Spirit, promotes urination and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction. Substitutes for Zhu Sha.)
Medulla Junci Deng Xin Cao 1.5-4.5g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, clears Heat from the Heart channel and calms the Spirit.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Calms the Mind
  • Promotes urination

SYNDROMES

  • Summer-Heat Disturbs the Heart

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Anxiety
  • Disturbing dreams
  • Dysuria
  • Insomnia
  • Painful urinary calculus
  • Scanty dark urine
  • Thirst
  • Palpitations
  • Restless sleep
  • T: Red
  • C: Greasy and yellow
  • P: Slippery and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • *Cinnabaris Zhu Sha is a toxic substance and is no longer used.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

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MODIFICATIONS