---
title: "Yi Yi Ren"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/633/yi-yi-ren"
---

 ![yi yi ren, coicis semen.jpg](/u/yi-yi-ren-coicis-semen-IsxLyO.jpg) 

# Yi Yi Ren

### Coicis Semen

_sweet, bland, slightly cold_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Drains Dampness**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Edema
- Diarrhea
- Painful urination
- Arthritis
- Lung abscess
- Carbuncles
- Digestive disorders
- Greasy tongue coat

Yi Yi Ren is sweet, bland, and slightly cold. It enters the spleen,
stomach, kidney, and lung systems. Its relationship to the spleen
and stomach allow it to treat problems of the gastrointestinal tract
while its kidney function helps with urinary system pathologies
especially involving damp heat.

Yi Yi Ren also enters the lungs to help with cough.

**Channels:** lung, stomach, kidney, spleen

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Edema
- Ascites
- Diarrhea
- Tinea
- Cough
- Eczema
- Digestive disorders
- Appendicitis
- Dysglycemia
- Antitumor
- Antiparasitic
- Fever
- Warts
- Vasodilation

**Formulas:**
- Huo Po Xia Ling Tang
- Long Dan Bi Yuan Fang
- Mie Di Zhi Yang Tang
- Qian Jin Wei Jing Tang
- San Ren Tang
- Shen Ling Bai Zhu San
- Si Miao Wan
- Wei Jing Tang
- Yi Yi Fu Zi Bai Jiang San

**Contraindications:** Yi Yi Ren does not have any
contraindications documented

**Zoo Image:** a bodybuilding pig staring in the mirror, he has a spleen tattoo so
he can build his spleen, his cat puss-n-boots stares at the screws his large
intestines and lungs, there is bee wallpaper, the bees are lifting a damp-heat
hat

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