BLACK PEARL BP032 XIN YI SAN MAGNOLIA FLOWER

XIN YI SAN
辛夷散
Magnolia Flower Formula
Product Code: BP032

TCM Actions
Releases Exterior Wind-Cold, unblocks the nasal passages and alleviates sinus pain.

Indications
Acute rhinitis, acute sinusitis, hayfever

Dosage & Course Of Treatment
8 pills, 3 times daily, half to one hour away from food.

Course of treatment: 1 – 3 weeks for acute conditions; 2 – 4 months for chronic conditions (see ‘Combinations’ below).

Generally for short term use.

Signs and Syndromes
Wind-Cold invasion of the nasal passages

Nasal congestion

Rhinorrhoea (white, clear or watery)

Frontal headache

Tenderness over the sinuses

Itchy watery eyes

Neck stiffness

Normal tongue

Floating pulse

Cautions & Contraindications
None noted.

Comments
This formula is from the ‘Formulas to Benefit Life’ (ji sheng fang), a work in 10 volumes by Yan Yong-he, 1253, which covers internal medicine, gynecology and surgery. It is suitable for acute conditions affecting the nasal passages, such as common cold or allergic rhinitis and its actions are quite specific to conditions due to invasion by exogenous Wind-Cold. It is not suitable (when prescribed alone) for protracted conditions, in which the pathogen has transformed into Heat, nor acute conditions due to Heat, as evidenced by yellow or purulent discharge from the nose. In these cases it should be combined with an appropriate Heat clearing formula as described above. The formula is named after its principal ingredient, Magnolia Flower (xin yi), which, as a single herb, exhibits all of the actions of this formula. It enters both the Lung and the Stomach Channels. In the Lung Channel it expels exogenous Wind from the Lung system, which includes the nasal passages. In the Stomach Channel, due to its light and floating direction of action, it assists the clear Yang Qi of the Stomach to rise upwards to unblock the nose; as the Stomach Channel of the bright Yang (yang ming) – which includes the Large Intestine Channel – enters the nasal passages and the sinuses. The synergistic actions of the herbs are as follows:

• Magnolia flower (xin yi hua), Notopterygium root & rhizome (qiang huo), Saposhnikovia root (fang feng), Ligusticum sinense, rhizome (gao ben), Angelica root (bai zhi): release Exterior Wind-Cold

• Magnolia flower (xin yi hua), Angelica root (bai zhi) , Ligusticum rhizome (gao ben), Ligusticum root (chuan xiong), Actaea rhizome (sheng ma) , Anemone rhizome (shi chang pu) : unblock the nasal passages and alleviate sinus-related head pain

Ingredients
MAGNOLIA LILIFLORA, FLOWER (xin yi hua) – 辛夷花 – 55.50 mg
ANGELICA DAHURICA, ROOT (bai zhi) – 白芷 – 55.50mg
NOTOPTERYGIUM INCISIUM, ROOT & RHIZ. (jiang huo) – 薑活 – 42.00 mg
SAPOSHNIKOVIA DIVARICATA, ROOT (fang feng) – 防風 – 41.63 mg
LIGUSTICUM SINENSE, RHIZ. (gao ben) – 藁本 – 41.63 mg
LIGUSTICUM STRIATUM, ROOT (chuan xiong) – 川芎 – 41.63 mg
ACTAEA CIMICIFUGA, RHIZ. (sheng ma) – 升麻 – 41.63 mg
ANEMONE ALTAICA, RHIZ. (shi chang pu*) – 石菖蒲 – 27.75 mg
GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS, ROOT (gan cao) – 甘草 – 27.75 mg