Yu Ye Tang - 玉液汤 - Jade Fluid Decoction

English:	Jade Fluid Decoction
Also Known As:

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Rz. Dioscoreae	Shan Yao	30g	Tonifies the Spleen, nourishes Stomach, Lung and Kidney Yin, tonifies Lung Qi and astringes Jing. With Tian Hua Fen and Ge Gen, for warm febrile disease or Xiao Ke with irritability and thirst. With Huang Qi, Zhi Mu and Ge Gen, for irritability and thirst from Wasting and Thirsting disorder.
Rx. Astragali	Huang Qi	15-25g	Tonifies Qi and Blood, strengthens the Spleen, raises Spleen and Stomach Yang and generates Body Fluids. With Shan Yao, Zhi Mu, Ge Gen and Tian Hua Fen, for Wasting and Thirsting with Interior Heat.
Rz. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu	15-18g	Clears Deficiency Fire, Clears Heat, Drains Fire from the Lungs and Stomach, Generates Fluids, Moistens Dryness, Nourishes Yin, Quenches thirst.
Rx. Trichosanthis	Tian Hua Fen	9-30g	Drains Heat, generates Fluids Clears and drains Lung Heat, transforms Phlegm and moistens Lung Dryness. With Zhi Mu, Ge Gen and Wu Wei Zi, for Wasting and Thirsting disorder and thirst and irritability associated with injured fluids after warm febrile disease.
Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli	Ji Nei Jin	6-15g	Strongly reduces Food Stagnation, improves the Spleen’s transportive function, astringes Jing and urine and stops enuresis.
Rx. Puerariae	Ge Gen	4.5-15g	Relieves Heat, relieves thirst, generates fluids and raises Spleen Yang.
Fr. Schisandrae	Wu Wei Zi	9-12g	Astringes Jing and sweat, Astringes leakage of Lung Qi, Generates fluids and tonifies Qi, Tonifies the Kidneys.

Formula Actions

• Augments Qi
• Nourishes Yin
• Generates Fluids
• Moistens Dryness
• Alleviates thirst

Syndromes

• Wasting and Thirsting Disorder due to Qi and Yin Deficiency
• Failure of Primal Qi to ascend
• Xiao Ke syndrome due to deficiency of the primal Qi (Secondary source)

Clinical Manifestations

Excessive thirst that is not quenched by substantial intake of fluids Frequent, copious urination Turbid urination

Lassitude Shortness of breath Epigastric pain P: Deficient, weak and thready

Treats

Diabetes Chronic gastritis Epidemic hemorrhagic fever Polydipsia Atrophic gastritis Duodenal ulcer Epigastric pain Hyperglycemia

Wasting and Thirsting Diabetes insipidus Urinary incontinence Hypertrophic gastritis Gastric ulcer Superficial gastritis Frequent urination Dyspnea

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

• Qi Deficiency with thirst are the main symptoms for this condition.

Modifications

For more Qi Deficiency with shortness of breath, lassitude and no desire to speak:		For more severe Heat with thirst that cannot be quenched:
+ Rx. Ginseng	Ren Shen	+ Hb. Lophatheri	Dan Zhu Ye
Or		+ Gypsum Fibrosum	Shi Gao
+ Rx. Panacis Quinquefolii	Xi Yang Shen	For Kidney Deficiency:
For Yin Deficiency with Empty Fire Flaring:		+ Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata	Shu Di Huang
+ Rx. Scrophulariae	Xuan Shen
For diabetes mellitus with cloudy urination, and low back and knee pain and weakness:		For diabetes mellitus due to Qi and Yin Deficiency:
+ 15g Fr. Corni	Shan Zhu Yu	+ Rx. Ginseng	Ren Shen
+ 15g Fr. Alpiniae Oxyphyllae	Yi Zhi	For more severe fatigue:
+ 9g Rx. Codonopsis	Dang Shen
+ 20g Fr. Rubi	Fu Pen Zi	+ 9g Rx. Pseudostellariae	Tai Zi Shen
+ 30g Ootheca Mantidis	Sang Piao Xiao
For Blood Stasis:		+ 6g Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao
+15g Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae	Dan Shen	For Liver Qi Stagnation:
+ 9g Fr. Toosendan	Chuan Lian Zi
+ 9g Sm. Persicae	Tao Ren	+ 9g Rx. Aucklandiae	Mu Xiang
+ 9g Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi	For Heart palpitations with a regularly interrupted pulse:
For loose stools:
+ 15g Sm. Coicis	Yi Yi Ren	+ 15g Concha Ostreae	Mu Li
+ 9g Poria	Fu Ling	+ 12g Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae	Suan Zao Ren
+ 9g Sm. Plantaginis	Che Qian Zi
For constipation:		+ 9g Ram. Cinnamomi	Gui Zhi
+ 12g Rx. Scrophulariae	Xuan Shen	For Yin Deficiency with Empty Fire Flaring:
+ 9g Rx. Rehmanniae	Sheng Di Huang	+ 15g Cx. Lycii	Di Gu Pi
+ 9g Rx. Ophiopogonis	Mai Men Dong	+ 9g Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai