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Yu Ping Feng San - 玉屏風散 - Jade Windscreen (Evergreen)

formula: Granules
Cooking Instructions: Source advise to grind ingredients into a powder and take 6g at a time with three pieces of Sheng Jiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Officianalis Recens). Taken twice daily in 6-9g doses by combining ingredients into warm water. Note: These percentages represent the formula from Evergreen Herbs, but actual percentages can vary according to practitioner and manufacturer preferences.

Treats Eastern: Augments the Qi, stabilizes the exterior, and stops sweating. Aversion to drafts, spontaneous sweating, recurrent colds, a shiny pale complexion, pale tongue with white coat. Pulse is floating and deficient. Deficiency of exterior with weak and unstable protective qi. Both this formula and gui zhi tang are used for treating conditions of exterior deficiency. Gui Zhi Tang is generally recommended for acute febrile disease unresolved by sweating, while Yu Ping Feng San is designed for ongoing chronic problems marked by spontaneous sweating together with frequent colds and aversion to drafts.

Treats Western: Aversion to drafts, spontaneous sweating, recurrent colds, a shiny pale complexion, pale tongue with a white coating and floating deficient pulse. Commonly taken to prevent common colds, particularly in those who suffer from recurrent colds. It generally takes 1 month or longer (up to 5 months) for this formula to reach maximum effectiveness. 		Recipe ID: 32
Special Tags: Classical Formula, Granular Formula,
Submitted by: Justin hays from Dallas, Texas
Date Submitted: 7/4/2020
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Ingredients:

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Note: Temperature is determined by assigning a value from -2 to 2, where -2 is cold, -1 is cool, 0 is neutral, 1 is warm, and 2 is hot. The final temperature analysis / breakdown reflects the average temperature of all ingredients that affect the channel, multplied by the percentage of ingredients that affect the channel.

# Ingredients: 101

Channels Entered:

LUNG x60 (60/101)
STOMACH x34 (34/101)
SPLEEN x101 (101/101)
URINE BLADDER x17 (17/101)
LIVER x17 (17/101)
UTERUS x50 (50/101)


Temperature:

WARM x101


Flavors:

SWEET x74
BITTER x17
PUNGENT x44


Tonifies:

QI x74
BLOOD x7


Regulates:

QI x50
BLOOD x50
COLD x10
HEAT x17
DAMP x34
WATER x67
TOXINS x10
WIND x27
PHLEGM x17
SPIRIT x7
BI x17

Tai Yin Channels:

Huang Qi(50), Sheng Jiang(10),

Lung: 59.4% (60/101)

Warm (0.59)
WARM x60

TONIFY QI x50
REGULATE QI x50
REGULATE BLOOD x50
REGULATE COLD x10
WATER x50
TOXINS x10
WIND x10
Huang Qi(50), Bai Zhu(17), Fang Feng(17), Sheng Jiang(10), Da Zao(7),

Spleen: 100.0% (101/101)

Warm (1.00)
WARM x101

TONIFY QI x74
TONIFY BLOOD x7
REGULATE QI x50
REGULATE BLOOD x50
REGULATE COLD x10
REGULATE HEAT x17
DAMP x34
WATER x67
TOXINS x10
WIND x27
PHLEGM x17
SPIRIT x7
BI x17

Yang Ming Channels:

Large Intestine: 0% (0/101)

Not affected
Bai Zhu(17), Sheng Jiang(10), Da Zao(7),

Stomach: 33.7% (34/101)

Slightly Warm (0.34)
WARM x34

TONIFY QI x24
TONIFY BLOOD x7
REGULATE COLD x10
DAMP x17
WATER x17
TOXINS x10
WIND x10
PHLEGM x17
SPIRIT x7

Shao Yin Channels:

Heart: 0% (0/101)

NOT AFFECTED

Kidney: 0% (0/101)

NOT AFFECTED

Tai Yang Channels:

Small Intestine: 0% (0/101)

NOT AFFECTED
Fang Feng(17),

Bladder: 16.8% (17/101)

Slightly Warm (0.17)
WARM x17

REGULATE HEAT x17
DAMP x17
WIND x17
BI x17

Jue Yin Channels:

Pericardium: 0% (0/101)

NOT AFFECTED

San Jiao: 0% (0/101)

NOT AFFECTED

Shao Yang Channels:

Fang Feng(17),

Liver: 16.8% (17/101)

Slightly Warm (0.17)
WARM x17

REGULATE HEAT x17
DAMP x17
WIND x17
BI x17

Gallbladder: 0% (0/101)

NOT AFFECTED
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