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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

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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

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Sub Categories Within The Release the Exterior Category

Release Early Stage Exterior Disorders Release Exterior Cold Release Exterior Disorders with Head and Neck Symptoms Release Exterior Disorders with Interior Deficiency Release Exterior Wind Heat Release Exterior-Interior Excess

There Are 11 Formulas In Our Release the Exterior Category

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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.

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Conditions and Patterns Potentially Related With Xin Yi Wan

Xin Yi Wan Related Conditions and Patterns

Common Cold Headache Nasal Polyps Rhinitis Sinus Infection Sinusitis

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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

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

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Cang Er Zi

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

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.

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Chuan Xiong

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

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

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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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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

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Qiang Huo

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

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Sheng Ma

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.

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Xin Yi Hua

Magnolia Flower

Appears in the Herbs That Release The Exterior Wind Cold category

Usages

Expels wind-cold
Sinus Headaches
Unblocks nasal passages

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Yan Hu Suo

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.

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