HERB FORMULAS

YU YE TANG - 玉液汤 - JADE FLUID DECOCTION

English: Jade Fluid Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rz. Dioscoreae Shan Yao 30g Tonifies the Spleen, nourishes Stomach, Lung and Kidney Yin, tonifies Lung Qi and astringes Jing.
With Tian Hua Fen and Ge Gen, for warm febrile disease or Xiao Ke with irritability and thirst.
With Huang Qi, Zhi Mu and Ge Gen, for irritability and thirst from Wasting and Thirsting disorder.
Rx. Astragali Huang Qi 15-25g Tonifies Qi and Blood, strengthens the Spleen, raises Spleen and Stomach Yang and generates Body Fluids.
With Shan Yao, Zhi Mu, Ge Gen and Tian Hua Fen, for Wasting and Thirsting with Interior Heat.
Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu 15-18g Clears Heat, drains Fire from the Lungs and Stomach, nourishes Yin, moistens Dryness, generates Fluids, clears Deficiency Fire and quenches thirst.
Rx. Trichosanthis Tian Hua Fen 9-30g Drains Heat, generates Fluids Clears and drains Lung Heat, transforms Phlegm and moistens Lung Dryness.
With Zhi Mu, Ge Gen and Wu Wei Zi, for Wasting and Thirsting disorder and thirst and irritability associated with injured fluids after warm febrile disease.
Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin 6-15g Strongly reduces Food Stagnation, improves the Spleen’s transportive function, astringes Jing and urine and stops enuresis.
Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen 4.5-15g Relieves Heat, relieves thirst, generates fluids and raises Spleen Yang.
Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi 9-12g Astringes leakage of Lung Qi, tonifies the Kidneys, astringes Jing and sweat, generates fluids and tonifies Qi.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Augments Qi
  • Nourishes Yin
  • Generates Fluids
  • Moistens Dryness
  • Alleviates thirst

SYNDROMES

  • Wasting and Thirsting Disorder due to Qi and Yin Deficiency
  • Failure of Primal Qi to ascend

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Excessive thirst that is not quenched by substantial intake of fluids
  • Frequent, copious urination
  • Turbid urination
  • Lassitude
  • Shortness of breath
  • Epigastric pain
  • P: Deficient, weak and thready

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with diabetes due to Yang Ming Fu.
  • Contraindicated for those with Deficiency of Ming Men Fire.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • Qi Deficiency with thirst are the main symptoms for this condition.

MODIFICATIONS

For more Qi Deficiency with shortness of breath, lassitude and no desire to speak: For more severe Heat with thirst that cannot be quenched:
+ Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen + Hb. Lophatheri Dan Zhu Ye
or + Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao
+ Rx. Panacis Quinquefolii Xi Yang Shen For Kidney Deficiency:
For Yin Deficiency with Empty Fire Flaring: + Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang
+ Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen
For diabetes mellitus with cloudy urination, and low back and knee pain and weakness: For diabetes mellitus due to Qi and Yin Deficiency:
+ 15g Fr. Corni Shan Zhu Yu + Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
+ 15g Fr. Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Yi Zhi For more severe fatigue:
+ 9g Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen
+ 20g Fr. Rubi Fu Pen Zi + 9g Rx. Pseudostellariae Tai Zi Shen
+ 30g Ootheca Mantidis Sang Piao Xiao
For Blood Stasis: + 6g Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao
+15g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen For Liver Qi Stagnation:
+ 9g Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi
+ 9g Sm. Persicae Tao Ren + 9g Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang
+ 9g Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi For Heart palpitations with a regularly interrupted pulse:
For loose stools:
+ 15g Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren + 15g Concha Ostreae Mu Li
+ 9g Poria Fu Ling + 12g Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae Suan Zao Ren
+ 9g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
For constipation: + 9g Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi
+ 12g Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen For Yin Deficiency with Empty Fire Flaring:
+ 9g Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang + 15g Cx. Lycii Di Gu Pi
+ 9g Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong + 9g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai