Yin Chen Hao Tang
Pin Ying Name: Yin Chen Hao Tang
English Name: Capillaris Decoction
Chinese Name: 茵陳蒿湯
Herbs & Actions
| Pharmaceutical Latin | Pin Yin | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae | Yin Chen Hao |
Clears Damp-Heat from Liver and Gallbladder and treats all types of jaundice, especially Damp-Heat jaundice. With Zhi Zi strongly relieves Damp-Heat jaundice. With Yin Chen Hao and Zhi Zi, for Damp-Heat jaundice with abdominal distention, fever, constipation, and urinary dysfunction and gallstones |
| Fr. Gardeniae | Zhi Zi |
Clears Heat from the three Jiaos through the urine, drains Damp-Heat and activates the Blood. With Da Huang and Yin Chen Hao, for jaundice due to Damp-Heat in the Liver and Gallbladder. |
| Rx. et Rz. Rhei | Da Huang |
Purges Heat, benefits the Gallbladder, activates blood flow through the Liver, strengthens other herbs actions and assists Yin Chen Hao. With Yin Chen Hao, for early-Stage Damp-Heat jaundice when Heat is stronger than Dampness. |
| Rx. Gentianae | Qin Jiao |
Substitutes for Da Huang when there is no constipation. |
| Sm. Benincasae | Dong Gua Ren |
Substitutes for Da Huang when there is no constipation. |
Formula Actions
- Clears Heat
- Resolves Dampness
- Reduces jaundice
Syndromes
- Damp-Heat in the Liver and Gallbladder (Yang Jaundice)
Clinical Manifestations
- Whole body jaundice (tangerine color)
- Slight abdominal distention
- Urinary difficulty
- Thirst (only wants to sip)
- Perspiration on the head
- Scanty, dark urination
- Upper abdominal distention
- Maybe grayish pale stools
- Nausea / vomiting
- Yellow sclera
- Edema
- Chest discomfort
- Constipation
- Maybe mania
- T: Pink
- C: Yellow and greasy
- P: Slippery and rapid or Deep and Shi or Rolling and rapid
Treats
- Acute infectious hepatitis
- Chronic active hepatitis
- Hepatic necrosis
- Cirrhosis of the Liver
- Cholelithiasis
- Cholecystitis
- Malaria
- Typhoid fever
- Acute leukemia
- Leptospirosis
- Urticaria
- Acne
- Oliguria
- Jaundice
- Biliary atresia
- Seborrheic dermatitis
- AIDS/HIV
- Nausea
- Constipation
- Acute pancreatitis
- Wei Syndrome
- Hernia
- Herpes simplex
- Liver cancer
- Pruritis
- Eye pain
- Beriberi
- Nephritis
- Stomatitis
- Gingivitis
- Ophthalmic disorders
- Uterine bleeding
- Indigestion
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis C
- Vaginal discharge
- Eczema
- Hematuria
- Hyperlipidemia
- Neonatal jaundice
- Vomiting
- Hemolytic anemia
- Abdominal fullness and distention
- Anorexia
- Edema
- Herpes zoster
- Perspiration
Contraindications
- Contraindicated for those with Yin jaundice.
- Use Da Huang with extreme caution during pregnancy.