HERB FORMULAS

DERMATITIS MEDICAMENTOSA #1

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying 15g Clears Heat, resolves Dampness and relieves Fire toxicity.
Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua 15g Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity, cools the Blood and clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao.
With Lian Qiao, for various Heat disorders.
With Gan Cao, for toxic swellings and sores.
Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao 10g Clears Heat, relieves toxicity, clears Blood Heat and promotes urination.
Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi 10g Clears Heat, reduces Fire, drains Damp-Heat, cools and invigorates the Blood, relieves toxicity and Reduces swelling.
With Mu Dan Pi, resolves Qi Level Stagnation leading to Heat and Heat in the Blood.
With Huang Lian, Da Huang and Lian Qiao, for irritability and restlessness with high fever due to Toxic Heat.
With Huang Lian, Huang Qin and Lian Qiao, for boils and carbuncles.
With Da Huang, for constipation.
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao 10g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, relieves pain, clears Heat, cools the Blood and reduces swelling from sores and abscesses.
Poria Fu Ling 10g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness and strengthens the Spleen.
Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi 10g Promotes urination and clears Damp-Heat.
Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie 10g Promotes urination and leaches out Dampness.
With Fu Ling, for stagnant water and Dampness.
Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang 10g Drains Heat, purges accumulations, drains Fire, reduces Fire toxicity, drains Heat from the Blood, transforms Dampness and promotes urination.
With Chi Shao, for chronic accumulation in the abdomen, blockage of urine and constipation.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 3g Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.
With Jin Yin Hua, for damp rashes or acne.
With Jin Yin Hua and Pu Gong Ying, for Yang sores marked by redness, swelling and pain.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Eliminates Dampness
  • Resolves toxicity

SYNDROMES

  • Toxic Damp-Heat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Dermatitis after ingestion of drugs
  • High fever
  • Irritability
  • Fidgeting
  • Dry mouth
  • Dry throat
  • Incoherent speech
  • Insomnia
  • Dark urine
  • Deep-rooted boils
  • Maculae
  • Carbuncles
  • Hematemesis
  • Hemoptysis
  • Palpitations
  • Furuncles
  • Tinnitus
  • Purpura
  • Red face
  • Rashes
  • Deep-rooted boils
  • Red eyes
  • Itchy skin
  • Fidgeting
  • Dry lips
  • Delirium
  • Dysentery with fever
  • Jaundice
  • Epistaxis
  • Hematuria
  • Cloudy mind
  • Diarrhea
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Rapid and forceful

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For scarlet colored lesions: For severe itching:
+ more (25g) Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang + 10g Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen
+ 10g Cx. Dictamni Bai Xian Pi
+ 10g Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi For a high fever:
    + 10g Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian
    + 10g Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
    + 10g Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen
    + 10g Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong
    + 15g hb. Dendrobii Shi Hu