DA YUAN YIN - 達垣饮 - REACH THE SOURCE DRINK

English:	Reach the Source Drink
Also Known As:	Decoction Acting on the Half-Exterior and Half-Interior of the Body

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Sm. Arecae	Bing Lang	6-12g	Drains downward, Promotes urination, Reduces accumulations, Regulates Qi, Relieves nausea, Treats malarial disorders, Unblocks the bowels.
Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis	Hou Po	3-9g	Promotes the movement of Qi in the Middle Jiao, resolves Stagnation, resolves Food Stagnation, Promotes the descends Qi, dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.
Fr. Amomi	Cao Guo	1-6g	Strongly dries Dampness, warms the Middle Jiao, disperses Cold, alleviates malarial disorders, dissolves Stagnation and distention and removes Phlegm. With Hou Po and Bing Lang, for a pathogen entering the membrane source manifesting as strong alternating chills and fever, a stifling sensation in the chest, nausea or vomiting, headache and a tongue with deep red edges and a thick, foul and pasty coat.
Rz. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu	3-9g	Clears Heat, drains Fire, clears Heat from the Qi Stage, Lungs and Stomach, nourishes Yin, moistens Dryness, generates Fluids, clears Deficiency Fire and quenches thirst. With Cao Guo, regulates Cold and Heat, harmonizes the Exterior and Interior and treats malarial diseases with Tai Yin turbid Dampness fuming upward with irritability, Heat and profuse sweating. With Huang Qin, for coughing with Excess Lung Heat.
Rx. Paroniae Alba	Bai Shao	3-9g	Astringes Yin and adjusts the Ying and Wei. With Gan Cao, for epigastric, hypochondriac or flank pain.
Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin	3-9g	Clears Heat, dries Dampness, drains Fire and detoxifies.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	1-6g	Moistens the Lungs, resolves Phlegm, stops coughing, clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.

Formula Actions

• Relieves Gallbladder Heat
• Pacifies the Liver and Gallbladder
• Eliminates Dampness
• Cleasrs pathogenic factors
• Clears away filth
• Transforms turbidity

Syndromes

• Qi Stage Gallbladder Heat
• Shao Yang Jing

Clinical Manifestations

Alternating chills and fever Bitter taste in mouth A stifling sensation in the chest Thirst Dry throat Rib pain (doesn't like touch) Hypochondriac pain Irritability

Nausea Vomiting Headache Hypogastric pain and distension Scanty, turbid, yellow urine T: Red with deep red edges C: Yellow, thick foul and pasty P: Rapid and wiry

Treats

Myalgic encephalomyelitis Malaria Loss of consciousness Vegetative neurosis Acute enteritis

Epstein-Barr virus syndrome Influenza Septicemia Indigestion Viral encephalitis

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

• Repeated inappropriate use of this formulawill cause Ministerial Fire to flare stirring Internal Liver Wind with spasms and convulsions.

Modifications

For hypochondriac pain, diminished hearing and a bitter taste in the mouth:		For back and neck pain:
		+ Rz. et Rx. Notopterygii	Qiang Huo
+ Rx. Bupleuri	Chai Hu	For pain in the orbital and frontal areas with dry nasal passages and insomnia:
For fever and chills with chills predominant, marked distention, heavy limbs, and an extremely thick tongue coat:
		+ Rx. Puerariae	Ge Gen
		For conditions that worsen in the afternoon and evening:
- Rx. Paeoniae Alba	Bai Shao
- Rz. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu	- Sm. Arecae	Bing Lang
+ Hb. Eupatorii	Pei Lan	+ Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi
+ Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae	Yin Chen	+ Rx. Cynanchi Atrati	Bai Wei
		For loss of consciousness with flatulence, sudden fainting, cold limbs, sweating on the forehead:
		- Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao
		+ Rz. Acori Tatarinowii	Shi Cang Pu