yin qiao ma bo san

Honeysuckle, Forsythia, and Puffball Powder

About yin qiao ma bo san

Yin Qiao Ma Bo San is Jin Yin Hua, Lian Qiao, Niu Bang Zi, She Gan and Ma Bo. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that clear Heat from the organs, and records it as clearing Heat, resolving toxicity and benefiting the throat.

Ingredients

HerbAmount
jin yin hua15 g
lian qiao30 g
niu bang zi18 g
she gan9 g
ma bo9 g

Actions and indications

Clears Heat and resolves toxicity

  • Warm toxin, of a Damp-warmth or Wind-Heat kind, lodged in the throat
  • Fever and thirst

Benefits the throat

  • Throat red, swollen and painful, with a blocked feeling on swallowing
  • Pulse floating

Modern uses

  • Acute tonsillitis
  • Cough arising from the throat
  • Mouth and throat sores of hand, foot and mouth disease
  • Pus-forming throat infections
  • Vincent's angina
  • Scarlet fever

Symptoms

Modifications

Cautions

Preparation

Originally a coarse powder cooked briefly in a broth of fresh Lu Gen and taken off the heat once it smells strongly aromatic; today usually a standard decoction with Lu Gen as an ingredient

Names

Pinyinyin qiao ma bo san
English NameHoneysuckle, Forsythia, and Puffball Powder

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