Bi Yan Wan - Nose Inflammation Tablets - TCM Herbal Formula

Chinese Name: Bi Yan Wan
English Name: Nose Inflammation Tablets

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Individual Chinese Herbs In This Formula:


  • Bai Zhi
  • Herb Functions
    • Expels wind-cold, dampness
    • Opens nasal passages, sinus congestion (particularly with green discharge), alleviates pain (especially in the head region)
    • Resolve wind-cold symptoms especially with headaches (yangming - ST), supraorbital pain, congestion
    • Useful for swollen gums and toothache

  • Contraindications
    • Avoid in Yin/Blood deficiency
    • Avoid in Heat in the Blood

  • Cang Er Zi
  • Herb Functions
    • Expels wind and damp - bi syndromes, skin disorders with itching.
    • Nasal passage obstruction - thick nasal discharge, sinus headache; often combined with Xin Yi Hua and Bai Zhi.

  • Fang Feng
  • Herb Functions
    • Releases exterior, expel wind-cold (headache, chills, body ache)
    • Bi-Syndromes, Wind-Damp, alleviates pain, relieves spasms (not very strong, only as a supporting herb)
    • Trembling hands and/or feet
    • Spleen/Liver intestinal issues - painful diarrhea, bright blood in stool
    • Migraines

  • Contraindications
    • Avoid in Yin Deficiency - Empty Heat
    • Avoid in spasms from Blood Deficiency

  • Gan Cao
  • Herb Functions
    • Tonifies the spleen and augments qi - spleen deficiency w/shortness of breath, fatigue, loose stools (si jun zi tong).
    • Qi and/or blood deficiency w/irregular pluse or palpitations (Zhi Gan Cao Tang).
    • Moistens the lungs and stops cough - heat/cold in the lungs (Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang).
    • Clears heat and toxic fire (raw) - carbuncles, sores, sore throat due to fire toxin (internally or topically).
    • Alleviates pain and stops spasms - abdomen or legs (Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang).
    • Often used to harmonize and/or moderate characteristics of other herbs.
    • Antidote for toxic substances (internally and topically).

  • Contraindications
    • Avoid with excess dampness, nausea, vomiting.
    • Incompatible with Gan Sui, Da Ji, Yuan Hua, Hai Zao (although used in some formulas with Hai Zao).
    • If taken for long periods of time, may cause hypertension and/or edema.

  • Jie Geng
  • Herb Functions
    • Opens up and disseminates lung qi, expels phlegm - cough (wind-heat/cold), benefits the throat (sore, loss of voice).
    • Promotes discharge of pus.
    • Guides other herbs to the upper body.

  • Jing Jie
  • Herb Functions
    • Expels wind and releases the exterior - useful for either wind-cold or wind-heat
    • Useful for boils, carbuncles, etc. in the initial stages
    • Resolve itching (wind-heat in the blood level), may be used topically
    • Stops bleeding, blood in stool (secondary herb), uterine bleeding

  • Contraindications
    • Avoid in measles and/or w/open sores
    • Caution with exterior deficiency
    • Avoid with liver wind patterns

    • Lian Qiao
    • Herb Functions
      • Clear heat and toxins, dissipates nodules - carbuncles and hot sores, neck lumps.
      • Expel wind-heat - fever, slight chills, sore throat, headache.

    • Wu Wei Zi
    • Herb Functions
      • Constrain leakage of lung qi, enriches kidney yin - chronic cough and wheezing due to kidney and lung deficiency.
      • Tonify the kidneys, bind the essence, stop diarrhea - nocturnal emission, spermatorrhea, leukorrhea, frequent urination, daybreak diarrhea.
      • Inhibits sweating, generates fluids - thirst with excess sweat, spontaneous sweating, nightsweats, xiao ke.
      • Quiet the spirit, calm the heart - irritability, palpitations, insomnia due to blood deficiency or kidney and heart yin injury.

    • Contraindications
      • Do Not Use With Presence Of OPI.

    • Xin Yi Hua
    • Herb Functions
      • Expels wind-cold
      • Sinus Headaches
      • Unblocks nasal passages

    • Contraindications
      • Avoid in Yin Deficiency Heat

    • Ye Ju Hua
    • Herb Functions
      • Drains fire and relieves toxicity - furuncles, carbuncles, sores, swollen throat, wind-fire causing red eyes.

    • Zhi Mu
    • Herb Functions
      • Clears heat, drains fire - high fever, irritability, thirst, and a rapid flooding pulse in patterns of excessive heat in the lungs and/or stomach; cough due to lung heat with thick yellow sputum.
      • Nourishes yin, moistens dryness - deficiency of lung and kidney yin, night sweats, steaming bone disorder, irritability, afternoon or low-grade fevers, bleeding gums, five-center heat; also for kidney heat signs - spermatorrhea, nocturnal emission, high sexual desire.
      • Generates fluids and clears heat - oral ulcers and inflammation due to yin deficiency, wasting and thirsting disorder.

    • Contraindications
      • Avoid in patients with diarrhea from spleen deficiency.