Yinqiao Jiedu Wan

Yinqiao Jiedu Wan (simplified Chinese: 银翘解毒丸; traditional Chinese: 銀翹解毒丸, Pinyin: yín qiáo jiě dú wán) is a brown pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "induce diaphoresis, remove heat and counteract toxicity". It is aromatic, and it tastes bitter, pungent and slightly sweet. It is used where there is "upper respiratory infection with fever, headache, cough, dryness of the mouth and sore throat".[1]

Chinese classic herbal formula of Yinqiao Jiedu Wan

Name Chinese (T) Chinese (S) Pinyin Common Name Botanical Name Grams
Flos Lonicerae 金銀花 金银花 jīn yín huā Honeysuckle Flower Lonicera japonica 200
Fructus Forsythiae 連翹 连翘 lián qiáo Forsythia Fruit Forsythia suspensa 200
Herba Menthae 薄荷 薄荷 bò​he Field Mint Leaves Mentha arvensis 120
Herba Schizonepetae 荊芥 荆芥 jié gěng Japanese Catnip Leaves Schizonepeta tenuifolia 80
Semen Sojae Preparatum 淡豆豉 淡豆豉 dàn dòu chǐ Prepared Soybean Glycine max 100
Fructus Arctii (stir-baked) 牛蒡子(炒) 牛蒡子(炒) niú bàng zǐ (chǎo) Burdock Fruit (stir-baked) Arctium lappa 120
Radix Platycodonis 桔梗 桔梗 jié gěng Chinese Bellflower Root Platycodon grandiflorum 120
Herba Lophatheri 淡竹葉 淡竹叶 dàn zhú yè Lophatherum Leaves Lophatherum gracile 80
Radix Glycyrrhizae 甘草 甘草 gān cǎo Licorice Root Glycyrrhiza uralensis 100

See also

References

  1. State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. ISBN 7-117-06982-1.
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