Commonly Used Chinese Herb Formulas with Illustrations - Lonicera and Forsythia Formula (Yin Qiao San)


 

1402 銀翹散 (Yin Qiao San)

 

Lonicera and Forsythia Formula

 

Lonicera and Forsythia Powder

 


 

Formulation

Chinese Name

Pharmaceutical Name

Pin Yin Name

English Name

連翹

Fructus Forsythiae

Lian Qiao

Forsythia Fruit

金銀花

Flos Lonicerae japonicae

Jin Yin Hua

Honeysuckle Flower

桔梗

Radix Platycodonis

Jie Geng

Platycodon

薄荷

Herba Menthae

Bo He

Mentha

牛蒡子

Fructus Arctii

Niu Bang Zi

Arctium

甘草

Radix Glycyrrhizae

Gan Cao

Licorice

淡豆豉

Semen Sojae praeparatum

Dan Dou Shi

Prepared Soybean

淡竹葉

Herba Lophatheri

Dan Zhu Ye

Lophatherum

荊芥

Herba Schizonepetae

Jing Jie

Schizonepeta

蘆根

Rhizoma Phragmitis

Lu Gen

Phragmites

 

Classic Literature Reference

Wen Bing Tiao Bian (Discrimination of Febrile Diseases, 1798).

Compiler: Wu, Tang.

 

Indications

Traditional: Early stage of febrile diseases marked by fever, mild chills, little or no perspiration, cough, sore throat, headache, thirst, red tongue tip with a thin white or thin yellow tongue coating, and a superficial rapid pulse.

 

Modern: Common cold, influenza, acute tonsillitis, pharyngitis, parotitis, and initial stages of pneumonia, encephalitis B, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, measles, and mumps.

Exterior Heat Pattern

 

Herbs and Actions

 

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