Yin Qiao YinQiao Honeysuckle and Forsythia Formula 银翘解丸 Yin Qiao Jie Du Wan yin qiao honeysuckle and forsythia formula

Yin Qiao Wan - Honeysuckle and Forsythia Formula

银翘解丸

Also known as: Yin Qiao Jie Du Wan

Clinical Usage

  • Common cold or flu presenting with fever w/slight or no chills, headache, desire for fluids, cough, sore throat.
  • Acute respitory infections, acute fever, tonsillitis, canker sores.

Clinician Notes

  • Do not use if cold signs are predominant -chills, thin clear mucus, aversion to wind and cold, etc.
  • With stronger cold signs arising from wind-cold/damp Jing Fang Bai Du Wan is likely more suitable.

Formula Combinations

  • May be combined with gan mao ling, or in some case gan mao ling is a better fit.
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Formulas Related by Clinical Functions

Yin Qiao Wan is in the "Release Exterior Wind Heat" group within the "Release the Exterior" category.

Other Formulas in "Release the Exterior" (10)

Common Formula Ingredients

Yin Qiao Wan is generally comprised of the following 10 ingredients:

Bo He
Field Mint, Mentha
  • Expels wind heat particularly from the head region - fever, headaches, red eyes, cough, sore throat.
  • Vents rashes - accelerates the activity of rashes towards the surface to quicken healing.
  • Resolves LV Qi Stagnation - emotional issues, PMS, menstrual issues, pressure in chest or sides of body.
Bo He is also included in 10 formulas
Dan Dou Chi
Dan Dou Chi
Prepared Soybean
  • Releases both exterior hot or cold (depending on how it is prepared), also good for exterior disorders with underlying yin deficiency (due to its mild nature).
  • Eliminates irritability, restlessness, insomnia following febrile disease.
Dan Zhu Ye
Dan Zhu Ye
Lophatherum Stem and Leaves
  • Clears heat - heat patterns with irritability and thirst, mouth sores and swollen, painful gums due to heat in the heart or stomach channels.
  • Promotes urination and clears damp-heat - lin syndrome, especially for heat in the small intestine channel with above symptoms and dark red tip on the tongue.
Dan Zhu Ye is also included in 1 formula
Gan Cao
Gan Cao
Licorice Root
  • Tonifies the spleen and augments qi - spleen deficiency w/shortness of breath, fatigue, loose stools (si jun zi tong).
  • Qi and/or blood deficiency w/irregular pluse or palpitations (Zhi Gan Cao Tang).
  • Moistens the lungs and stops cough - heat/cold in the lungs (Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang).
  • Clears heat and toxic fire (raw) - carbuncles, sores, sore throat due to fire toxin (internally or topically).
  • Alleviates pain and stops spasms - abdomen or legs (Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang).
  • Often used to harmonize and/or moderate characteristics of other herbs.
  • Antidote for toxic substances (internally and topically).
Gan Cao is also included in 62 formulas
Jie Geng
Jie Geng
Balloon Flower Rhizome
  • Opens up and disseminates lung qi, expels phlegm - cough (wind-heat/cold), benefits the throat (sore, loss of voice).
  • Promotes discharge of pus.
  • Guides other herbs to the upper body.
Jie Geng is also included in 17 formulas
Jin Yin Hua
Jin Yin Hua
Honeysuckle Flower, Lonicera
  • Clear heat, relieve toxic fire - hot, painful swellings in the throat, breast, eyes; intestinal abscesses.
  • Expel wind-heat - fever, aversion to wind, sore throat, headache; also for summer-heat.
  • Clear damp heat from the lower jiao - dysentery, lin syndrome.
  • Stem, Ren Dong Teng, is used for similar functions - abscesses, sores, damp-heat bi syndromes.
Jin Yin Hua is also included in 6 formulas
Jing Jie
Jing Jie
Schizonepeta Stem
  • Expels wind and releases the exterior - useful for either wind-cold or wind-heat
  • Useful for boils, carbuncles, etc. in the initial stages
  • Resolve itching (wind-heat in the blood level), may be used topically
  • Stops bleeding, blood in stool (secondary herb), uterine bleeding
Jing Jie is also included in 7 formulas
Lian Qiao
Lian Qiao
Forsythia Fruit
  • Clear heat and toxins, dissipates nodules - carbuncles and hot sores, neck lumps.
  • Expel wind-heat - fever, slight chills, sore throat, headache.
Lian Qiao is also included in 10 formulas
Niu Bang Zi
Niu Bang Zi
Great Burdock Fruit, Arctium
  • Expels wind-heat (acrid), benefits throat - fever, cough, sore, red, swollen throat.
  • Clears heat (bitter, cold), relieves toxicity, vents rashes - red swellings, carbuncles, mumps, acute febrile rashes, early stages of measles with incomplete expression.
  • Moistens intestines (rich plant oil - slippery) - constipation due to wind-heat (cold nature of the herb).
Niu Bang Zi is also included in 4 formulas
Xian Lu Gen
Fresh Reed Rhizome
  • This is Lu Gen in its fresh form.  See the Lu Gen page for all indications.  
  • Xian Lu Gen is stronger in clearing heat, generating body fluids and promoting urination than the dried herb.