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Yin Chen Si Ling San茵陳四苓散

Four Ingredients Powder with Poria and Artemisia

Medicinals
10

Composition

  • Yin Chen HaoHb. Artemisiae Scopariae30–60 g

    Clears Damp-Heat from Liver and Gallbladder, treats all types of jaundice, especially Damp-Heat jaundice and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.

    • Zhi Zi
    strongly relieves Damp-Heat jaundice.
  • Zhi ZiFr. Gardeniae9 g

    Clears Heat from the three Jiaos through the urine, drains Damp-Heat,d invigorates the Blood and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.

    for epistaxis, hematemesis or hematuria.
  • Che Qian ZiSm. Plantaginis12 g

    Promotes urination, clears Damp-Heat, clears Liver Heat and clears the eyes.

    • Ze Xie
    for Lin Syndrome, edema and distention.
    unblocks Lin , cools the Blood and stops bleeding for Damp-Heat clumping to cause scanty urination with pain and hematuria and edema in the lower limbs due to accumulation of water and Dampness.
    for Damp-Heat vaginal discharge with Spleen Deficiency.
  • Ze XieRz. Alismatis12 g

    Promotes urination, resolves Dampness, strengthens the Spleen, harmonizes the Middle Jiao and transforms Phlegm.

    • Bai Zhu
    for Spleen Deficiency leading to accumulation of Dampness with urinary difficulty, loose stools, diarrhea, Milky Lin or vaginal discharge.
  • Cang ZhuRz. Atractylodis9 g

    Strongly dries Dampness, tonifies the Spleen and clears Dampness from the Lower *Jiao*.

  • Chen PiPer. Citri Reticulatae9 g

    Regulates and descends Qi, adjusts the Middle, relieves the diaphragm, dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.

    • Bai Zhu
    for anorexia and other symptoms of Damp Obstruction due to Spleen Deficiency.
  • Bai ZhuRz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae12 g

    Strengthens the Spleen, aids transformation and transportation of fluids, resolves Dampness and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.

    for vaginal discharge.
  • Zhu LingScl. Polypori15 g

    Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, dispels Heat and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.

    • Ze Xie
    drains Damp, unblocks and drains urinary pathways and drains Heat from the Bladder.
  • Cao Dou KouSm. Alpiniae Katsumadai9 g

    Dries Dampness, warms the Middle Jiao, stops vomiting and strengthens the Spleen.

  • Bai Mao GenRz. Imperatae30 g

    Cools the Blood, stops bleeding, clears Heat, promotes urination and inhibits the growth of cancer cells.

    • Yin Chen Hao
    • Zhi Zi
    for jaundice due to Damp-Heat.

Actions

  • Eliminates Heat
  • Dispels Dampness
  • Lessens jaundice

Patterns treated

Liver and Gallbladder Damp-Heat in which Dampness predominates over Heat

Manifestations

  • A pale yellow tinge to the skin
  • A heavy sensation in the head and body
  • Fullness and bloating across the epigastrium and abdomen
  • Little desire to eat
  • Feeling thirsty yet with no wish to drink fluids
  • Stool that is loose
Tongue body
Pink overall, with the tip and edges appearing red
Coating
A coating with a grayish-white cast
Pulse
Yielding, or slick

Indications

Cancer of the liver