yi yi ren tang

Coicis Decoction from Enlightened Physicians

About yi yi ren tang

Yi Yi Ren Tang, Coix Decoction from Enlightened Physicians, is Ma Huang, Dang Gui, Cang Zhu, Yi Yi Ren, Gui Zhi, Bai Shao and Zhi Gan Cao.

Ingredients

HerbAmount
ma huang6 g
dang gui9 g
cang zhu9 g
yi yi ren24 g
gui zhi6 g
bai shao9 g
zhi gan cao3 g

Actions and indications

Dispels Wind and Damp

  • Painful obstruction (Bi) from Wind, Cold and Damp in which Damp predominates
  • Blood deficiency with Wind-Damp Bi
  • Bi that did not respond to treatment, or was wrongly treated in the acute stage, and is turning chronic
  • Joints swollen, painful, heavy, numb and stiff, especially in the hands and feet; numb, painful limbs
  • Heavy, cold body, liking warmth and pressure
  • Fever, dizziness, tiredness and a pale face
  • Thickened, hardened skin
  • Tongue pale with a thick white or greasy white coat; pulse thin and slippery

Benefits Qi, tonifies Blood and moistens dry Blood

Invigorates Blood circulation and reduces swelling

  • Wei (atrophy) syndrome from Damp-Heat

Warms the channels and relieves spasm and muscle tension

Modern uses

  • Arthritis
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Mucoid arthritis
  • Tubercular arthritis
  • Rheumatism, including muscular rheumatism and polyrheumatism
  • Arthralgia
  • Painful obstruction
  • Gout
  • Toe pain
  • Hip pain
  • Low back pain
  • Chronic fever with swollen limbs
  • Numbness
  • Paraesthesia
  • Weakness
  • Fatigue
  • Apoplexy
  • Beriberi
  • Nephritis
  • Pulmonary oedema
  • Pleurisy
  • Genital warts
  • AIDS/HIV
  • Wei (atrophy) syndrome
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Guillain-Barre syndrome
  • Polyneuritis, including acute infectious polyneuritis
  • Acute myelitis
  • Progressive muscular dystrophy
  • After-effects of poliomyelitis
  • Paralysis: hysterical, periodic or facial

Symptoms

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Names

Pinyinyi yi ren tang
English NameCoicis Decoction from Enlightened Physicians