Jian Pi Wen Shen Jiang Tang Fang - 健脾温腎降糖方 - Fortify The Spleen, Warm The Kidneys And Lower Blood Sugar Formula

English:	Fortify the Spleen, Warm the Kidneys and Lower Blood Sugar Formula
Also Known As:

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata	Shu Di Huang	15g	Strongly enriches Yin and relieves wasting and thirsting disorder. With Shan Zhu Yu and Shan Yao, for dizziness, weak and sore back, impotence, spermatorrhea and night sweats, due to Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency.
Fr. Lycii	Gou Qi Zi	15g	Nourishes and tonifies Liver and Kidney Blood and Yin and benefits Jing. With Shu Di Huang, for Liver and Kidney Deficiency.
Rx. Dioscoreae	Shan Yao	15g	Tonifies the Spleen, nourishes Stomach Yin,stops diarrhea, tonifies Kidney Yin and astringes Jing. With Shu Di Huang and Shan Zhu Yu, for Kidney Deficiency with spermatorrhea and night sweats.
Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata	Zhi Fu Zi	9g	Warms Ming Men Fire and assists Heart, Kidney and Spleen Yang. With Gan Jiang, warms the Spleen and Kidneys, benefits Yang and disperses Cold. With Bai Zhu, for Spleen Yang Deficiency with a cold, painful abdomen, vomiting and watery diarrhea. With Bai Zhu and Gan Jiang, for internal ascendance of Yin Cold leading to lack of arousal of Spleen Yang with abdominal pain and Cold with watery diarrhea.
Fr. Corni	Shan Zhu Yu	9g	Stabilizes the Kidneys, astringes Jing and Body Fluids, tonifies Liver and Kidney Yin and strengthens Kidney Yang. With Shu Di Huang, nourishes Kidney Yin and secures Jing, while restraining urination and sweating. With Shu Di Huang, Shan Yao and Gou Qi Zi, for True Yin Deficiency.
Fr. Psoraliae	Bu Gu Zhi	9g	Astringes urine, Stabilizes Jing, Strengthens Yang, Tonifies and warms Spleen Yang and stops diarrhea, Tonifies the Kidneys.
Rz. Atractylodis	Cang Zhu	9g	Strongly dries Dampness, tonifies the Spleen and clears Dampness from the Lower Jiao.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae	Bai Zhu	9g	Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, dries Dampness and promotes water metabolism. With Cang Zhu, for vaginal discharge. With Gan Jiang, eliminates Cold Dampness in the Spleen with loss of taste, a sticky sensation in the mouth, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and a thick, white tongue coat.
Sm. Nelumbinis	Lian Zi	9g	Tonifies the Spleen, astringes diarrhea, tonifies the Kidneys and astringes Jing. With Shan Yao and Bai Zhu, for chronic diarrhea due to Spleen Deficiency.
Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli	Ji Nei Jin	9g	Strongly reduces Food Stagnation, improves the Spleen’s transportive function, astringes Jing and urine and stops enuresis.
Galla Rhois Chinensis	Wu Bei Zi	9g	Astringes sweat and astringes the Kidneys, Astringes the Intestines, Stops diarrhea.
Rz. Zingiberis	Gan Jiang	5g	Warms the Middle and expels Cold. With Bai Zhu, for frequent diarrhea due to Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold. With Zhi Fu Zi, for debilitated Spleen and Kidney Yang with incessant diarrhea.

Formula Actions

• Warms and Reinforces the Spleen and Kidneys
• Regulates Yin and Yang

Syndromes

• Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations

Polydipsi Polyphagia Polyuria Aversion to Cold Body cold Limbs icy Complexion white and shiny Fatigue Weakness Shortness of breath Low back, knees and abdomen feel cold and painful Lower abdomen feels cold and painful

Loose stools containing undigested food “Cock-crow” diarrhea (occurs at about 5 am) Edema of face and limbs Dysuria Spermatorrhea Impotence Spontaneous perspiration Maybe urinary incontinence Maybe turbid urine Severe: Abdominal ascites T: Pale, moist and swollen C: Thin and white or White and greasy P: Deep, thready, weak and maybe slow

Treats

Diabetes

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

Modifications

For a black facial complexion and cold limbs:		For dribbling urination and nocturia:
+ 9g Ram. Cinnamomi	Gui Zhi	+ 12g Sm. Ginkgo	Bai Guo
+ 9g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae	Dan Shen	For cold lower back pain:
+ 3g Cx. Cinnamomi	Rou Gui
+ 9g Placenta Hominis	Zi He Che	+ 12g Hb. Taxilli	Sang Ji Sheng
+ 3g Cornu Cervi	Lu Jiao	+ 12g Rx. Dipsaci	Xu Duan
For Heart palpitations:		+ 12g Hb. Epimedii	Yin Yang Huo
+ 12g Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae	Suan Zao Ren
+ 12g Poria Pararadicis	Fu Shen
+ 12g Sm. Platycladi	Bai Zi Ren
+ 6g Rx. Polygalae	Yuan Zhi