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Xin Yi Qing Fei Yin辛夷清肺饮

Magnolia Flower Drink to Clear the Lungs

Also known asMagnolia Flower and Gypsum Combination

Medicinals
10

Composition

  • Xin YiFlos Magnoliae2–6 g

    Expels Wind-Cold and unblocks the nasal passages.

    • Zhi Zi, Sheng Ma, Huang Qin
    Shi Gao,* for sinusitis or rhinitis with Lung Heat.
  • Pi Pa YeFol. Eriobotryae2–6 g

    Transforms Phlegm, clears Lung Heat and descends Lung *Qi*.

  • Zhi ZiFr. Gardeniae3–9 g

    Clears Heat, reduces Fire, eliminates irritability and resolves Dampness.

  • Zhi MuRz. Anemarrhenae3–9 g

    Clears Heat and drains Fire (clears Heat from the Qi Stage, from the Lung and from the Stomach), nourishes Yin, moistens Dryness, generates fluids, clears Deficiency Fire, generates Fluids and quenches thirst.

    regulates Cold and Heat and harmonizes the Exterior and Interior.
    • Shi Gao
    cools Heat in the Yang Ming or Qi Level while protecting Stomach fluids to treat high fever, profuse sweating, insatiable thirst, a red face, aversion to Heat and a large, strong pulse.
    for cough with Excess Lung Heat.
  • Bai HeBul. Lilii3–9 g

    Nourishes the Yin, moistens the Lungs, clears Heat, stops cough, clears the Heart and calms the *Shen.*

    for irritability and mental disorientation due to Yin Deficiency or lingering Heat in the late stages of febrile disease.
  • Huang QinRx. Scutellariae3–9 g

    Clears Heat, dries Dampness, drains Fire, detoxifies and Calms ascending Liver Yang.

    • Zhi Zi
    powerfully clears and drains lurking Heat from the Lungs with fever, fullness in the chest, cough with yellow sputum and epistaxis or hematemesis.
  • Sheng MaRx. Cimicifugae1–3 g

    Releases the exterior, vents measles, clears Heat and relieves toxicity.

    • Shi Gao
    clears Heat Excess and Fire toxin from the Yang Ming channel with toothache, swollen and bleeding gums or jaw, vertex headache or redness and swelling along the lower eyelid.
  • Mai Men DongRx. Ophiopogonis3–15 g

    Moistens the Lungs, nourishes the Yin and stops cough.

  • Shi GaoGypsum Fibrosum3–30 g

    Clears Heat in the Qi Stage, drains Fire, relieves irritability, clears Excess Heat from the Lungs and quenches thirst.

  • Gan CaoRx. Glycyrrhizae1.5 g

    Moistens the Lungs, resolves Phlegm, clears Heat, stops and cough moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.

Actions

  • Clears Heat from the Lungs
  • Spreads Lung Qi
  • Opens the Orifices, particularly the nose

Patterns treated

Heat lodged in the Lung

Manifestations

  • Blockage of the nasal passages
  • A congested nose
  • Heavy, sticky, yellow nasal discharge
  • A reduced sense of smell
  • Coughing accompanied by yellow, sticky Phlegm
Tongue body
Reddened
Coating
A yellow or white coating
Pulse
Fast

Indications

  • Stuffiness of the nose
  • Polyps in the nose
  • Atrophic inflammation of the nasal lining
  • A long-standing cough
  • Blocked nasal passages
  • Nasal inflammation due to allergy
  • Inflammation of the nasal lining
  • Inflammation of the sinuses
  • Inflammation of the bronchi
  • Cephalalgia

Modifications