JADE MAID DECOCTION
Yu Nu Jian

 

 ‘Jade Maid Decoction’
Source: Collected Treatises of Zhang Jing-Yue (Jing Yue Quan Shu, 1624)

Keywords
mouth ulcers, acute stomatitis and glossitis

Ingredients
Calcium sulphate (Shi Gao, Gypsum)
Rehmannia glutinosa (Shu Di, processed rehmannia)
Ophiopogon japonicus (Mai Dong, ophiopogon)
anemarrhena aspheloides (Zhi Mu, anemarrhena)
achyranthes bidentata (Niu Xi, achyranthes)

Major therapeutic action
Clears stomach fire, nourishes yin

 Biomedical action
analgesic, antibacterial.

Indications
*  Stomach-Heat and yin deficiency.
*  With the appropriate key symptoms, this formula can be used to treat biomedical conditions such as mouth ulcers seen in acute stomatitis and glossitis, etc.

Key symptoms for use
*  headache
*  toothache
*  loose teeth
*  bleeding teeth
*  vexation
*  thirst
*  red tongue
*  yellow and dry tongue fur

Combinations
*  With excessive Stomach Fire and Fluid deficiency, combine with Zeng Ye Tang.
*  With constipation, add Da Huang.
*  With Kidney yin deficiency, combine with Han Lian Cao/Nu Zhen Zi. 		Dosage
The typical dose is three grams twice daily, before meals. In severe cases or the early stages of treatment (the first two weeks), a 50-100% increase in dose may be used, then reduced as the treatment takes effect.

Cautions and contraindications
None noted.
None noted.