HERB FORMULAS

SCLERODERMA #2

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 5-30g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin and generates fluids.
With Bai Shao, for Blood Deficiency Heat.
With Mu Dan Pi, for Ying and Xue Stage Heat with a high fever, scarlet tongue, thirst, a rash all over the body, epistaxis and hemoptysis.
Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao 5-30g Nourishes the Blood, astringes Yin and regulates menstruation.
With Gan Cao, regulates the relationship between the Liver and Spleen and nourishes the sinews.
Cx. Moutan Radicis Mu Dan Pi 6-12g Clears Heat, cools and harmonizes the Blood, clears Deficiency Fire, invigorates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.
Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao 15-60g Clears Heat in the Qi Stage, drains Fire, relieves irritability, quenches thirst, clears Excess Heat from the Lungs and heals eczema, burns and ulcerated sores and wounds.
With Sheng Di Huang, for excessive Fire with injured fluids.
With Sheng Di Huang and Zhi Mu, for Stomach Fire.
Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu 6-12g Clears Heat, from the Lungs and Stomach, drains Fire, nourishes Yin and moistens Dryness.
With Shi Gao, cools Heat in the Yang Ming or Qi Level while protecting Stomach fluids to treat high fever, profuse sweating, insatiable thirst, a red face, aversion to Heat and a large, strong pulse.
Rx. Isatidis Ban Lan Gen 9-30g Drains Heat, relieves Fire toxicity and cools the Blood.
Rx. Lithospermi/Arnebiae Zi Cao 3-20g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, invigorates Blood circulation, relieves Fire toxins, encourages rashes and clears Damp-Heat from the skin.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 1.5-14g Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Detoxifies
  • Invigorates the Blood

SYNDROMES

  • Toxic Heat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Scleroderma with inflammation
  • Acne
  • Pustules on an erythematous base
  • Local inflammation with pus
  • Deep-rooted, hard and painful boils
  • Larger, more inflamed, angrier and more pus-filled lesions
  • Erythema
  • Swelling
  • Lesions on the chest and upper back
  • Residual scarring usually occurs after healing
  • Heat
  • Carbuncles
  • Furuncles
  • Fever and chills
  • Pain
  • Dry stools
  • Constipation
  • Scanty, yellow urine
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow or Yellow and dry or Yellow and greasy
  • P: Rapid or Wiry, slippery and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

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