HERB FORMULAS

WU WEI XIAO DU YIN JIA JIAN - 五味消毒飲加減 - MODIFIED FIVE-INGREDIENT DECOCTION TO ELIMINATE TOXIN

English:	Modified Five-Ingredient Decoction to Eliminate Toxin
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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin	*Pin Yin*	Dosage	Actions
Flos Chrysanthemi	Ju Hua	4.5-20g	Disperses Wind, clears Heat, calms the Liver, the eyes, extinguishes Wind and detoxifies. With Jin Yin Hua and Pu Gong Ying, for colorless, painless, flat, slow-healing suppurative inflammation of the soft tissues and other toxic swellings.
Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua	6-20g	*Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity, vents and disperses External Wind-Heat and clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao.*
Rz. Smilacis Glabrae	Tu Fu Ling	15-60g	Relieves toxicity, eliminates Dampness and clears Damp-Heat from the skin.
Hb. Taraxaci	Pu Gong Ying	9-30g	Reduces abscesses, dissipates nodules, clears the Liver and eyes, clears Heat and resolves Dampness With Jin Yin Hua and Zi Hua Di Ding, for all hot, painful, hard, and deep-rooted boils.
Hb. Violae	Zi Hua Di Ding	9-30g	Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity and clears hot sores. With Pu Gong Ying, for breast abscesses, furuncles, boils, and carbuncles.
Hb. Hedyotis	Bai Hua She She Cao	15-60g	Clears Heat, strongly relieves Fire toxins, reduces abscesses and promotes urination.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis	Dang Gui	3-15g	Tonifies Blood. regulates menses, invigorates and harmonizes Blood, reduces swelling, expels pus and generates flesh. With Jin Yin Hua and Chi Shao, reduces swelling of abscesses and sores.
Hb. Epimedii	Yin Yang Huo	6-15g	*Tonifies the Kidneys, strengthens Yang, dispels Wind-Cold-Damp, tonifies Yin* and Yang and restrains Ascendant Liver Yang.**
Rz. Curculiginis	Xian Mao	3-9g	*Tonifies the Kidneys, strengthens Yang* and eliminates Dampness.**
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao	4.5-15g	Clears Heat, cools the Blood, activates Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.
Rx. Rehmanniae	Shu Di Huang	9-30g	*Tonifies Blood and nourishes Yin.*
Rx. Morindae	Ba Ji Tian	6-15g	*Tonifies Kidneys and strengthens Yang.*
Fr. Ligustri Lucidi	Nu Zhen Zi	4.5-15g	*Nourishes and tonifies the Liver and Kidney Yin* and clears Deficiency Heat.**
Hb. Ecliptae	Mo Han Lian	9-30g	*Nourishes and tonifies the Liver and Kidney Yin* and cools Blood.** With Nu Zhen Zi, for dizziness, blurred vision, and premature graying of the hair due to severe Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency with ascendant Yang.
Hb. Phellodendri	Huang Bai	3-12g	Drains Damp-Heat, drains Kidney Xu Fire, drains Fire and relieves toxicity. With Zhi Mu, for Yin Deficiency fever with steaming bones and night sweats.
Rz. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu	6-12g	*Clears Heat from the Qi Stage, clears Heat from the Lung and Stomach, drains Fire, nourishes Yin, moistens Dryness, generates fluids and ameliorates the Dryness of tonifying or warming herbs.* With Huang Bai, clears Heat and Drains Fire. With Huang Bai and Shu Di Huang, for Yin Deficiency Fire.