Nourish Jade Yang is based on the traditional formula, Support a Baby as Perfect as a Jade Unicorn Pearl (Yu Lin Zhu Jia Ba Ji Tian Dan Shen Xiang Fu Hua Jiao). It includes herbs that are strongly warming, Blood invigorating, and Qi moving, to balance the rich Yin tonics found in the formula, as well as herbs to fortify the Kidney Yang and the Essence. This formula can be used by both men and women to support fertility and general health and wellbeing. It addresses Liver and Kidney Yang deficiency, Essence deficiency, including deficiency of Blood and weakness of the Kidney Qi and Yang Depletion of Kidney Yang typically occurs due to long-term exposure to Cold, via the environment, through diets which are generally too cold in nature and not sufficiently nourishing, or from lifestyle factors, such as overwork or excessive sexual activity. A constitutional deficiency from birth can also be the rootcause. By strongly nourishing and invigorating Blood, strongly supplementing Original Qi, tonifying Spleen and Stomach, and fortifying Kidney Yang, Nourish Jade Yang supports health, vitality, and fertility. Nourish Jade Yang contains within it, the classical formula Four Substances (Si Wu tang) to tonify Blood, and Four Gentlemen (Si Jun Zi Tang) to supplement the Qi. Four Substances is the foundational formula for building Blood. It is suitable for any type of Blood deficiency pattern, while being most commonly used with patterns associated with Liver Blood deficiency. It is comprised of two pairs of herbs, one aimed at nourishing and the other at invigorating the Yin and Yang aspects of Blood. Prepared Rehmannia root and White peony root are known for their ability to strongly tonify Liver Blood, to nourish the Yin, to tonify Liver and Kidney, calming Liver Yang, and tonifying the Essence. The second pair, Dongquai root and Sichuan lovage rhizome tonify and invigorate Blood, regulate the menses and disperse Cold. Four Gentlemen is the foundational formula to address Qi and Spleen Qi deficiency. Spleen Qi acts as the foundation for postnatal Qi in the body and is responsible for extracting the essence from food, or Gu Qi, and transporting it to the rest of the body. When Spleen Qi is strong, the essence of food is properly transformed into Qi to supply the body energy, and Blood can be built. White Asian ginseng root and rhizome strongly supplements Original Qi, strengthens the Spleen and Stomach, and works synchronously with White atractylodes rhizome to strengthen Spleen and dry Dampness. Poria strengthens the Spleen, drains Dampness, and mitigates the cloying nature of honey fried Chinese licorice root and rhizome, which strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the actions of the other herbs in the formula. Fortifying Kidney Yang tonics such as Deer horn gelatin, Chinese dodder seed, Morinda root and Eucommia bark address the root pattern of Kidney Yang deficiency. Deer horn gelatin tonifies Yang, augments the Essence and nourishes the Blood. Chinese dodder seed warms the primal Yang, nourishes the Yin, secures the Essence and tonifies the Kidneys, Liver, and Spleen without being cloying. Morinda root tonifies Kidney Yang, augments the Essence, and disperses Wind Dampness. Eucommia bark tonifies Liver and Kidneys, aids in the smooth flow of Qi and Blood, and invigorates Blood. Chinese salvia root and rhizome and prepared Cyperus rhizome invigorate Blood and move the Qi in order to counterbalance the rich Yin tonics found in this formula. A small amount of Sichuan pepper pericarp has been added to warm the Middle, disperse Cold, and alleviatestagnation. If Kidney Yin deficiency is the more pronounced pattern, Nourish Jade Yin is the more appropriate formula. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENTNourish Jade Yang is based on the classical formula, Support a Baby as Perfect as a Jade Unicorn Pearl (Yu Lin Zhu Jia Ba Ji Tian Dan Shen Xiang Fu Hua Jiao), which is drawn from two different sources. The first is from the gynecology text of Shi Cheng-Han, Zhong Yi Fu Ke, who emphasized the benefit of this formula for the pattern of Liver and Kidney deficiency and Blood deficiency. The second source is from Sun Jiu-Ling, the author of Fu Ke Zheng Zhi (Gynecological Patterns), who based the need for this formula on the pattern of Kidney Qi deficiency.
