Yu Nu Jian — Jade Lady Decoction
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What is Yu Nu Jian?
Yu Nu Jian — Jade Lady Decoction — is a classical Ming dynasty formula from Zhang Jingyue’s Jing Yue Quan Shu (1624). It is widely used in Chinese herbal medicine for the combined pattern of Stomach Fire and Kidney Yin deficiency, classically presenting with toothache, bleeding gums, mouth ulcers, thirst and irritability.
I prescribe Yu Nu Jian as part of bespoke herbal formulas from pharmaceutical-grade granules sourced from Sun Ten in Taiwan.
Yu Nu Jian TCM pattern
Prescribed for blazing Stomach Fire with Kidney Yin deficiency: severe toothache or dental pain, bleeding gums, mouth ulcers, dry mouth, thirst for cold drinks, possible nausea, occasional headache at the temples, dry red tongue with yellow coat and a slippery rapid forceful pulse.
Key herbs
- Shi Gao — clears Stomach Fire
- Shu Di Huang — nourishes Kidney Yin
- Mai Men Dong — nourishes Stomach Yin and generates fluids
- Zhi Mu — clears Lung and Stomach heat and nourishes Yin
- Niu Xi — conducts heat downwards out of the upper Burner
Formula actions
- Clears Stomach Fire
- Nourishes Kidney and Stomach Yin
- Conducts heat downwards from the upper Burner
Conditions treated
- Recurrent mouth ulcers with thirst and dry tongue
- Periodontal disease with bleeding gums and dry mouth
- Toothache with red swollen gums
- Type 2 diabetic xerostomia with mouth ulcers
- Hyperthyroid Stomach-Fire symptoms with Kidney-Yin depletion
Cautions
Contraindicated in cold-pattern dental and gum pain, deficient cold dyspepsia and pregnancy. Generally very well tolerated. Severe periodontal disease and uncontrolled diabetes require parallel medical and dental management.
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