BLACK PEARL BP036 YIN QIAO WAN LONICERA & FORSYTHIA

YIN QIAO WAN
銀翹丸
Lonicera & Forsythia Formula
Product Code: BP036

TCM Actions
Releases Exterior Wind-Heat, clears Heat Toxin

Indications
Common cold, influenza, acute bronchitis, acute tonsillitis, measles, mumps, epidemic parotitis, acute conjunctivitis.

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

Course of treatment: 5 – 10 days.

Signs and Syndromes
Wind-Heat Exterior syndrome

Fever and chills

General malaise

Sore throat

Headache

Thirst

Cough

Maculopapular rash in measles

Parotidomegaly and orchitis in mumps

Normal or red tipped tongue

Floating and rapid pulse

Cautions & Contraindications
None noted.

Comments
This formula is from the ‘Analysis of Warm Diseases’ (wen bing tiao bian), by Wu Ju-tong (a.k.a. Wu Tang), 1798. It was designed to treat Defense aspect syndrome (wei fen zheng) due to Wind-Warm or Wind-Heat. The defensive Qi protects the Exterior of the body, which includes the skin, body hair, pores, striae, muscles and connective tissue. Because of the close relationship between the defensive Qi and the Lung Qi, Defense aspect syndromes generally involve pathological changes in the Lung and associated tissues (i.e. the upper respiratory tract). Over subsequent centuries this formula has become the treatment of choice for Wind-Heat invasion of the Exterior. It is a well designed formula that features strongly acting principal ingredients, which, in addition to dispelling Wind-Heat, also clear Heat Toxin. This is appropriate for exogenous Wind-Warm or Wind- Heat pathogens as they tend to be particularly virulent and may readily invade the Interior and transform into Heat Toxin. In addition, the ensuing pathological processes cause depletion of the Body Fluids; hence this formula contains several cooling ingredients that also regenerate the Body Fluids. The synergistic actions of the ingredients are as follows:

• Lonicera flower (jin yin hua), Forsythia fruit (lian qiao): Release Exterior Wind- Heat, clear Heat Toxin.

• Mentha herb (bo he), Schizonepeta top (jing jie), Glycine seed (dan dou chi): release Exterior Wind-Heat

• Arctium seed (niu bang zi), Phragmites rhizome (lu gen), Platycodon root (jie geng), Glycyrrhiza root (gan cao): clear Heat-toxin and ease the throat

• Phyllostachys leaf (dan zhu ye), Phragmites rhizome (lu gen), Glycyrrhiza root

Ingredients
LONICERA JAPONICA, FLOWER (jin yin hua) – 金銀花 – 57mg
FORSYTHIA SUSPENSA, FRUIT (lian qiao) – 連翹 – 57mg
ARCTIUM LAPPA, SEED (niu bang zi) – 牛蒡子 – 47.5mg
GLYCINE MAX, SEED (dan dou chi) – 淡豆豉 – 47.5mg
PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS, RHIZ. (lu gen) – 蘆根 – 47.5mg
PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUS, ROOT (jie geng) – 桔梗 – 23.7mg
MENTHA HAPLOCALYX, HERB (bo he) – 薄荷 – 23.7mg
SCHIZONEPETA TENUIFOLIA, HERB TOP FL. (jing jie) – 荊芥 – 23.7mg
PHYLLOSTACHYS NIGRA, LEAF (dan zhu ye) – 淡竹葉 – 23.7mg
GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS, ROOT (gan cao) – 甘草 – 23.7mg