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Names Of Xin Yi Wan

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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

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Sub Categories Within The Release the Exterior Category

Release Early Stage Exterior DisordersRelease Exterior ColdRelease Exterior Disorders with Head and Neck SymptomsRelease Exterior Disorders with Interior DeficiencyRelease Exterior Wind HeatRelease Exterior-Interior Excess

There Are 11 Formulas In Our Release the Exterior Category

Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang WanFang Feng Tong Sheng WanGe Gen WanGui Zhi Tang WanJing Fang Bai Du WanQing Bi WanRen Shen Bai Du WanXiao Qing Long WanXin Yi Qing Fei WanXin Yi WanYin Qiao Wan

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

Conditions and Patterns Potentially Related With Xin Yi Wan

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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?

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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
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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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