Qing Xin Lian Zi Yin清心莲子饮
Clear the Heart Drink with Lotus Seed
Ingredients9 herbs
Indications
Heart fire with qi and yin deficiency and damp-heat pouring downward: the fire is real but the person no longer has the reserves to be treated by cooling alone, so clearing and tonifying run together.
Clinical Manifestations
- Recurrent urinary discomfort that flares with fatigue
- Turbid or cloudy urine, seminal emission
- Chronic vaginal discharge or spotting with underlying weakness
- Dry mouth, irritability and low-grade heat in a depleted person
- Chronic urinary infection where antibiotics have not settled the pattern
Health Categories
Modern Applications
Common adjustments
- Discharge heavy with damp-heat — add Huang Bai 黄柏 and Yi Yi Ren 薏苡仁
- Marked yin deficiency — add Sheng Di Huang 生地黄 and Nv Zhen Zi 女贞子
- Spotting or excessive bleeding — add Han Lian Cao Mo Han Lian and Qian Cao 茜草
Contraindications
Not for acute damp-heat urinary infection with high fever and severe burning — that needs a stronger clearing formula, not one containing tonics. Not for pure excess heat patterns.
For licensed practitioners’ reference only — not a self-treatment guide.
Pregnancy
Generally compatible in pregnancy under practitioner supervision — it is a mild, partly tonifying formula, but Che Qian Zi promotes urination and should be used at a practitioner's direction.
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References
Source Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang 《太平惠民和剂局方》 · Northern Song
- Classical source (public domain) — composition per the standard textbook record.
2. Scheid, Bensky, Ellis & Barolet. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas & Strategies, 2nd ed. — composition & dosage cross-checked.
3. 《方剂学》（全国中医药行业高等教育规划教材）— pattern analysis cross-checked.
Professional reference notice. Entries are scholarly references for licensed TCM practitioners and students — not medical advice, and not a recommendation to self-prescribe. Chinese herbal formulas should be used under the guidance of a qualified practitioner. Content is an original editorial compilation by Cura x Cura, cross-checked against the cited references.