Bai He Gu Jin Wan Lily Bulb to Preserve the Metal - TCM Herbal Formula

Names Of Bai He Gu Jin Wan

Bai He Gu Jin Wan TCM Herbal Formula

English Name: Lily Bulb to Preserve the Metal
Pinyin Name: Bai He Gu Jin Wan
Chinese Character: 百合固金丸

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How Is Bai He Gu Jin Wan Categorized?

Bai He Gu Jin Wan Functional Groupings

Primary Category: Treat Dryness
Subcategory: Enrich the Yin and Moisten Dryness

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Sub Categories Within The Treat Dryness Category

Enrich the Yin and Moisten Dryness Gently Disperse and Moisten Dryness

There Are 7 Formulas In Our Treat Dryness Category

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How Is Bai He Gu Jin Wan Used Clinically?

Bai He Gu Jin Wan Usages and Indications

General yin deficiency signs may present as night sweats, heat in the soles and palms, and flusing.
Cough/wheezing, possible blood in the sputum, dry and sore throat may present from lung yin and qi deficiency.
Useful for treating people who quit smoking or those with acute smoke exposure.

Conditions and Patterns Potentially Related With Bai He Gu Jin Wan

Bai He Gu Jin Wan Related Conditions and Patterns

Asthma Cough Night Sweats (Sleep Hyperhidrosis)Sore Throat

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Kidney Yin Deficiency Lung Yin Deficiency

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In TCM the Lung qi is reflected by the strength of the voice and ability to breath deep and easy while the Lung yin is responsible for keeping the lungs and throat/nose moistened. Over use of the lungs from chronic excessive speaking/singing, smoking, and poor air quality can all affect both the lung qi and yin. The kidney system helps to anchor the lungs, and yin in general is required to moisten and lubricate the tissues so this formula also has a mild function to strengthen the kidney yin.

Bai He Gu Jin Wan Has 10Ingredients

Bai He

Lily Bulb

Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Yin category

Usages

Moisten the lungs, clear heat, and stop coughing - cough from dry lungs or lung heat, sore throat.
Clear heat and calm the spirit - low fever, insomnia, restlessness, irritability in the aftermath of a febrile disease, palpitations from qi and/or yin deficiency.

Bai Shao

White Peony Root

Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Blood category

Usages

Nourishes the blood and regulates menstrual problems due to blood deficiency (pale, lusterless complexion and nails) - menstrual dysfunction, vaginal discharge, uterine bleeding - very common herb for gynecological disorders (Si Wu Tang).
Calms liver yang, alleviates pain from constrained liver qi or disharmony between the liver and the spleen due to liver yang rising - cramping and spasms (limbs and abdomen), abdominal pain from dysentery, headache and dizziness.
Preserves yin, adjusts ying and wei levels - vaginal discharge and spermatorrhea, exterior wind-cold from deficiency with continuous sweating, spontaneous sweating, night sweats.

This formula has cautions, see details

Chuan Bei Mu

Fritillaria Bulb

Appears in the Herbs That Cool and Transform Phlegm Heat category

Usages

Clears heat, transforms phlegm, stops many types of cough (chronic, yin-deficient, difficult to expectorate phlegm, blood streaked sputum); best for cough with stifling sensation in the chest and upper abdomen (constrained qi).
Clears heat, dissipates nodules due to heat - sores, swellings, scrofula, lung or breast abscess.

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Dang Gui

Chinese Angelica Root

Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Blood category

Usages

Tonifies the blood, regulates menses - pallid, ashen complexion, tinnitus, blurred vision, palpitations, irregular menses, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea.
Invigorates/harmonizes the blood, disperses cold - important herb to stop pain due to blood stasis - abdominal pain, trauma, carbuncles due to blood stasis, chronic bi.
Moistens dry intestines due to blood deficiency.
Reduces swellings, expels pus, generates flesh - sores.

Gan Cao

Licorice Root

Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Qi category

Usages

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).

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Jie Geng

Balloon Flower Rhizome

Appears in the Herbs That Transform Phlegm Cold category

Usages

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.

Mai Men Dong

Ophiopogon Tuber

Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Yin category

Usages

Moistens the lungs, stops cough - dry cough, coughing blood.
Augments stomach yin, generates fluids - dry tongue and mouth.
Clears heat and eliminates irritability due to yin deficiency or a warm-febrile disease in the ying level - particularly when symptoms are worse at night.
Moistens the intestines - constipation.

Sheng Di Huang

Rehmannia

Appears in the Herbs That Cool The Blood category

Usages

Clears Heat, Cools Blood. High fever, thirst, scarlet tongue, hemorrhage due to heat in the Blood.
Nourishes Yin, Generates Fluids. Yin Deficiency with heat signs with injury to body fluids. Dry mouth, low-grade fever, constipation, throat pain from yin deficiency.
Cools Ascending Heart Fire (HT, LV). Mouth and tongue sores, irritability, insomnia, malar flush.
Wasting thirst disorder.

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Shu Di Huang

Rehmannia, Chinese Foxglove Root

Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Blood category

Usages

This is the root of Sheng Di Huang (steamed and dried, or soaked in red wine and dried).
Tonify blood for blood deficiency with dizziness, pallid complexion, palpitations, insomnia, irregular menses, uterine bleeding, post partum bleeding.
Nourish yin - kidney yin deficiency with nightsweats, xiao ke, steaming bone disorder, nocturnal emissions.

Xuan Shen

Ningpo Figwort Root, Scrophularia

Appears in the Herbs That Cool The Blood category

Usages

Clears Heat, Cools Blood. Bleeding, fever, dry mouth, purplish tongue.
Nourishes Yin. Particularly for the sequel of warm febrile disease with constipation, irritability.
Drains Fire, Relieves Toxicity. Swollen, red eyes, sore throat.
Softens Harness (salty), Dissipates phlegm fire nodules. Swollen, sore throat, neck lumps.

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