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Yu Nu Jian玉女煎

Jade Woman Decoction

Clearing Heat 清热剂Clear Organ Heat 清脏腑热

Ingredients5 herbs

石Shi Gao石膏9~15g君 ChiefClears the excess heat of the Stomach without drying what little yin remains
熟熟地9~30g臣 Deputy
麦Mai Men Dong麦冬6g佐 AssistantMoistens the Stomach and generates fluids for the thirst and dry mouth
知Zhi Mu知母5g佐 AssistantHelps clear the Stomach and moistens the dryness the fire has left
牛Niu Xi牛膝5g佐使 Assistant–EnvoyLeads the fire and the blood downward, so the flare stops returning to the face

Indications

Clears Stomach heatEnriches Kidney yinDirects upward-flaring fire downward

Stomach heat with Kidney yin deficiency— an excess and a deficiency running together. The Stomach's fire is real, but the reason it flares upward and keeps returning is that the Kidney yin below no longer anchors it.

Clinical Manifestations

  • Toothache with loose teeth and bleeding gums
  • Headache with a hot face and irritability
  • Thirst with a dry mouth, worse at night
  • Recurrent mouth ulcers on a background of yin depletion
  • Diabetes-related dry mouth with heat signs
TongueRed with a dry yellow coating, often little coating at the root
PulseFloating, large and rapid but forceless on pressure

Health Categories

Digestive HealthBlood Sugar Balance

Modern Applications

ToothacheGingival bleedingPeriodontitisDiabetesRecurrent mouth ulcers

Common adjustments

Contraindications

Not for Spleen deficiency with loose stools or poor digestion — Shu Di Huang is cloying and Shi Gao is very cold, a hard pair on a weak middle burner. Not for toothache from pure deficiency with no heat at all.

For licensed practitioners’ reference only — not a self-treatment guide.

Pregnancy

Use in pregnancy only under practitioner supervision — Niu Xi moves blood and directs downward, and is conventionally avoided in pregnancy; a practitioner would normally remove or replace it before using this formula in a pregnant patient.

References

Source Jing Yue Quan Shu 《景岳全书》 · Ming

「治水亏火盛，六脉浮洪滑大，少阴不足，阳明有余，烦热干渴，头痛牙疼失血等证。」
— 《景岳全书》(classical source, public domain)
  1. Classical source (public domain), cited in the source-quote section.
    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.