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Names Of Yu Ping Feng Wan

Yu Ping Feng Wan TCM Herbal Formula

English Name: Jade Windscreen Formula
Pinyin Name: Yu Ping Feng Wan
Alternate Names: Yu Ping Feng San, Jade Windscreen Powder, Siler and Astragalus Formula
Chinese Character: 玉屏風丸

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How Is Yu Ping Feng Wan Categorized?

Yu Ping Feng Wan Functional Groupings

Primary Category: Stabilize and Bind
Subcategory: Stabilize the Exterior and the Lungs

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Sub Categories Within The Stabilize and Bind Category

Restrain Leakage from the Intestines Stabilize the Exterior and the Lungs Stabilize the Kidneys Stabilize the Womb

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How Is Yu Ping Feng Wan Used Clinically?

Yu Ping Feng Wan Usages and Indications

Frequent colds, flus, chronic bronchitis - general low immunity to common infections.
Spontaneous sweating, aversion to wind and/or cold.
With appropriate diagnosis may be used to treat acute facial paralysis/Bell's Palsy.
Particularly useful for children who always get sick often and tend towards the worst versions of whatever pathogen is going around (i.e. illnesses that quickly travel deeply - common cold to bronchitis, etc.) - often needs to be taken for many months, ideally during a period when they are not sick.

Cautions and Contraindications

Use with caution with patients presenting with yin deficiency.
Do not use for spontaneous sweating due to an exterior syndrome - only for sweating due to wei qi deficiency.

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Conditions and Patterns Potentially Related With Yu Ping Feng Wan

Yu Ping Feng Wan Related Conditions and Patterns

Bronchitis Chronic Illness Common Cold Flu Rhinitis

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Lung Qi Deficiency Lung Wind Invasion - Wind Cold

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What Are Some Common Combinations For Yu Ping Feng Wan?

Clinical Formula Combinations and Modifications

Xiao Chai Hu Tang Wan - Strengthen immunity in children prone to middle ear infections
Si Jun Zi Wan - Spleen Qi Deficiency

Yu Ping Feng Wan Has 5Ingredients

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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Huang Qi

Astragalus Root

Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Qi category

Usages

Tonifies spleen qi - lack of appetite, fatigue, diarrhea.
Raises yang qi of spleen and stomach - prolapse of uterus, stomach, rectum, uterine bleeding.
Augments the wei qi and stabilizes the exterior - deficiency w/spontaneous sweating, frequent colds or shortness of breath.
Tonify qi and blood due to loss of blood - postpartum fever.
Edema from deficiency.
Promote discharge of pus, generate flesh - sores due to deficiency.

Bai Zhu

Atractylodes (White) Rhizome

Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Qi category

Usages

Tonifies the spleen, augments qi, dries dampness - diarrhea, fatigue, lack of appetite, vomiting, edema.
Stabilizes the exterior and stops sweating - spontaneous sweating due to qi deficiency.
Calms the fetus - arising from spleen deficiency.

Sheng Jiang

Fresh Ginger Rhizome

Appears in the Herbs That Release The Exterior Wind Cold category

Usages

Release the exterior, wind-cold, regulate ying and wei qi
Warms the middle jiao - stomach cold/vomiting
Alleviates coughing, warms lung
Reduces toxicity of other herbs

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Da Zao

Chinese Date, Jujube

Appears in the Herbs That Tonify Qi category

Usages

Tonifies spleen qi - weakness, shortness of breath, reduced appetite, loose stools.
Nourishes the blood, calms the spirit - irritability, pale complexion, emotional disturbances, restlessness.
Useful to harmonize the harsh properties of other herbs.

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