Names Of Xin Yi Wan

Xin Yi Wan TCM Herbal Formula
- English Name: Magnolia Flower Powder
- Pinyin Name: Xin Yi Wan
- Alternate Names: Xin Yi San, Hsin I San, Magnolia Flower Formula
- Chinese Character: 辛夷散丸
How Is Xin Yi Wan Categorized?
Xin Yi Wan Functional Groupings
- Primary Category: Release the Exterior
- Subcategory: Release Exterior Disorders with Head and Neck Symptoms
There Are 11 Formulas In Our Release the Exterior Category
How Is Xin Yi Wan Used Clinically?
Xin Yi Wan Usages and Indications
- Colds and/or allergies with cold signs (white mucus and/or no fever, etc.).
- Chronic sinus congestions / issues, chronic sinusitis, chronic rhinitis, loss of smell.
- Headaches from sinus congestion.
Cautions and Contraindications
- Avoid in patients with heat signs.
Conditions and Patterns Potentially Related With Xin Yi Wan

Xin Yi Wan Related Conditions and Patterns
Common ColdHeadacheNasal PolypsRhinitisSinus InfectionSinusitis
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Lung Wind Invasion - Wind Cold
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What Are Some Common Combinations For Xin Yi Wan?
Clinical Formula Combinations and Modifications
- If there are more signs of wei qi deficiency (frequent infections from weak immunity), possibly combine with Yu Ping Feng Wan.
- With heat signs consider Xin Yi Qing Fei Wan.
Xin Yi Wan Has 11Ingredients
Bai Zhi
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Angelica Root
Appears in the Herbs That Release The Exterior Wind Cold category
Usages
- Expels wind-cold, dampness
- Opens nasal passages, sinus congestion (particularly with green discharge), alleviates pain (especially in the head region)
- Resolve wind-cold symptoms especially with headaches (yangming - ST), supraorbital pain, congestion
- Useful for swollen gums and toothache
This formula has cautions, see details
Cang Er Zi
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Cocklebur Fruit, Xanthium
Appears in the Herbs That Dispel Wind Dampness category
Usages
- Expels wind and damp - bi syndromes, skin disorders with itching.
- Nasal passage obstruction - thick nasal discharge, sinus headache; often combined with Xin Yi Hua and Bai Zhi.
Che Qian Zi
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Plantago Seeds
Appears in the Herbs That Drain Dampness category
Usages
- Promotes urination, clears heat - edema, lin syndromes due to damp-heat, generally in the lower warmer.
- Solidifies the stool - diarrhea with damp-heat or damp-summerheat.
- Clears the eyes - liver and kidney deficiency (dry eyes or cataracts) or heat in the liver channel (red, painful, swollen eyes and sensitive to light).
- Lung heat - expels phlegm, stops cough.
This formula has cautions, see details
Chuan Xiong
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Szechuan Lovage Root
Appears in the Herbs That Invigorate Blood category
Usages
- Invigorate blood, promote movement of Qi - any blood stasis pattern, important for gynecological issues (amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, difficult labor, lochioschesis).
- Expels wind and alleviates pain - headache (temporal, vertex), dizziness, painful obstructions, skin issues.
- Headache - moves qi upward and alleviates pain; headaches due to wind, heat, cold, blood deficiency.
Fang Feng
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Ledebouriella root, siler
Appears in the Herbs That Release The Exterior Wind Cold category
Usages
- Releases exterior, expel wind-cold (headache, chills, body ache)
- Bi-Syndromes, Wind-Damp, alleviates pain, relieves spasms (not very strong, only as a supporting herb)
- Trembling hands and/or feet
- Spleen/Liver intestinal issues - painful diarrhea, bright blood in stool
- Migraines
This formula has cautions, see details
Gan Cao
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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).
This formula has cautions, see details
Gao Ben
Chinese Lovage Root, Ligusticum Root
Appears in the Herbs That Release The Exterior Wind Cold category
Usages
- Expels wind-cold, vertex headaches (teeth/jaw pain)
- Dispels wind and dampness - useful for wind-cold-damp bi-syndromes and/or acute lower back pain from wind cold
- Resolve dampness effecting stomach/spleen
This formula has cautions, see details
Qiang Huo
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Notopterygium Root
Appears in the Herbs That Release The Exterior Wind Cold category
Usages
- Release exterior, disperse cold - useful with wind-cold and damp associated body/joint pain
- Guiding herb for the GV and Tai Yang Channels
This formula has cautions, see details
Sheng Ma
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Black Cohosh Rhizome, Bugbane Rhizome
Appears in the Herbs That Release The Exterior Wind Heat category
Usages
- Releases the exterior, vents muscles - accelerates the early stages of skin rashes, headache from wind-heat (forehead - stomach channel).
- Clears heat, relieves toxicity - toxins in the upper or superficial areas, swelling, painful, sore gums, lips, and/or throat.
- Raises yang, lifts spleen qi sinking (strong than Ge Gen) - for middle qi deficiency leading to shortness of breath, fatigue, prolapse of stomach, uterus, or rectum.
- Serves to guide other herbs upwards.
This formula has cautions, see details
Xin Yi Hua
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Magnolia Flower
Appears in the Herbs That Release The Exterior Wind Cold category
Usages
- Expels wind-cold
- Sinus Headaches
- Unblocks nasal passages
This formula has cautions, see details
Yan Hu Suo
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Corydalis Rhizome
Appears in the Herbs That Invigorate Blood category
Usages
- Invigorate blood, alleviate pain - pain from blood stasis and trauma, dysmenorrhea.
- Promotes movement of Qi and alleviates pain - chest pain, abdominal pain, menstrual pain, hernial disorders, epigastric pain.
This formula has cautions, see details
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