HERB FORMULAS

JIE DU XI YAO - 解毒洗药 - DETOXIFYING LOTION (TOPICAL)

English: Detoxifying Lotion
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying 30g Reduces abscesses, dissipates nodules, clears Heat, resolves Dampness, relieves Fire toxicity and clears Heat in the Blood.
Rx. Sophorae Flavescentis Ku Shen 12g Clears Heat, dries Dampness, disperses Wind, kills parasites and stops itching.
Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai 12g Drains Damp-Heat, drains Fire and relieves Fire toxicity.
Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao 12g Clears Heat, relieves toxicity, reduces abscesses and dissipates clumps.
With Jin Yin Hua, for the initial-stage of Wind-Heat.
Sm. Momordicae Mu Bei Zi 12g Resolves toxicity, reduces swellings and invigorates the Blood.
Flos. Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua 9g Clears Heat and resolves Fire toxicity.
With Lian Qiao, for various Heat disorders.
With Gan Cao, for toxic swellings and sores.
Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi 9g Expels Wind, eliminates Dampness, reduces swelling, eliminates toxins, expels pus and alleviates pain.
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao 9g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis,clears Heat, cools the Blood, reduces swelling from sores and abscesses and relieves pain.
With Mu Dan Pi, cools the Blood and disperses Stasis, for Ying Stage Heat with epistaxis, hemoptysis, hemafecia, hematuria, menorrhagia and skin rashes.
Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi 9g Clears Heat, cools and harmonizes the Blood, invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, drains pus and reduces swelling.
With Chi Shao, for purpuric rash, hematemesis and Heat injuring the Ying and Xue levels.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 9g Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.
With Pu Gong Ying, internally or externally for abscesses or other toxic swellings.
With Pu Gong Ying, Jin Yin Hua and Lian Qiao, for Yang sores marked by redness, swelling and pain.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Resolves toxicity
  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Reduces swelling
  • Eliminates exudate

SYNDROMES

  • Damp-Heat (Topical)

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Pinpoint papules
    Papulovesicles
    Vesicles, some of which coalesce
  • Slight infiltration and severe, painful itching is likely
  • Maybe necrosis
  • Water blisters
  • The skin is rough and itchy
  • Local skin flushing
  • Skin erosion
  • Bleeding or exudation follows rupture of skin after scratching
  • Erythema
  • Burning
    Itching
    Pain
  • T: Red
  • C: Thin and yellow or white or Sticky and yellow
  • P: Soggy and rapid or Floating

TREATS

  • Post-traumatic infections
  • Pyogenic dermatoses

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

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