HERB FORMULAS

XIAO FENG DAO CHI TANG - 消風導赤汤 - ELIMINATE WIND AND GUIDE OUT THE RED DECOCTION

English: Eliminate Wind and Guide Out the Red Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Poria Fu Ling 20g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the Middle Jiao.
Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua 20g Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity, vents and disperses External Wind-Heat and clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao.
With Gan Cao, for Toxic swellings and sores.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 15g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin and generates fluids.
Fr. Arctii Niu Bang Zi 12g Disperses Wind-Heat, relieves toxicity and vents rashes.
With Gan Cao, for Wind-Heat attacks the Lungs or Fire toxin flaring upwards.
Cx. Dictamni Bai Xian Pi 12g Clears Heat, resolves Fire-toxicity, expels Wind, dries Dampness, clears Damp-Heat and stops itching.
Medulla Junci Deng Xin Cao 6g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness.
With Mu Tong, for Damp-Heat lodging in the Lower Jiao.
Caulis Akebiae Mu Tong 6g Promotes urination.
Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian 3g Clears Heat, drains Dampness, drains Fire and resolves Fire toxicity.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 3g Clears Heat and relieves Fire toxicity and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.
Hb. Menthae Haplocalycis Bo He 3g Disperses Wind-Heat and Vents rashes.
With Niu Bang Zi, for sores, dry throat, cough with yellow sputum, incomplete expression of measles or pruritic rash due to Wind-Heat.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Disperses Wind
  • Eliminates Dampness

SYNDROMES

  • Severe rash due to External Wind or Damp-Heat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Severe rash
  • Constipation
  • Thirst
  • T: Red-tipped
  • C: Thin-White or Thin-Yellow
  • P: Soft and Rapid

TREATS

  • Pruritic red rash
  • Severe itching (burning sensation)
  • Vesicular rash
  • Atopic dermatitis

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For atopic dermatitis: For atopic dermatitis with severe itching:
+ Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver
Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
+ Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver
Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
For atopic dermatitis with poor Appetite:
+ Margarita  
+ Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver
Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
+ Magnetitum Ci Shi
For atopic dermatitis with dry stool:
+ Hb. Agastaches/ Pogostemonis Huo Xiang
+ Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver
Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
+ Herba Eupatorii Pei Lan + Fol. Isatidis Da Qing Ye
For atopic dermatitis due to fetal Heat:
+ Sm. Cannabis Huo Ma Ren
- Medulla Junci Deng Xin Cao
For Damp eczema:
- Fr. Arctii Niu Bang Zi + Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
+ Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu + Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
For Dry eczema:
   
- Caulis Akebiae Mu Tong    
- Medulla Junci Deng Xin Cao    
+ Rx. Pseudostellariae Tai Zi Shen    
+ Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong    
+ Rz. Polygonati Huang Jing    
+ Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen