HERB FORMULAS

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Pin Yin
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Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao 15g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, clears Heat, cools the Blood,reduces swelling from sores and abscesses and relieves pain.
With Ru Xiang, Jin Yin Hua, Mo Yao and Lian Qiao, for pain and swelling associated with boils and abscesses.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 15g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, disperses Cold, moistens the Intestines, unblocks the bowels, reduces swelling, expels pus, generates flesh and alleviates pain.
With Jin Yin Hua, reduces obstruction and toxicity for swollen, painful sores and necrosis of surrounding tissue.
Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin 15g Clears Heat, dries Dampness , drains Fire and detoxifies.
With Qiang Ho, for Cold-Dampness at the Exterior with Heat in the Interior.
Flos Carthami Hong Hua 15g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, opens the channels, unblocks menstruation and alleviates pain.
Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie 15g Releases the Exterior and expels Wind.
Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao 15g Clears Heat, relieves toxicity, reduces abscesses and dissipates clumps.
Bombyx Batryticatus Jiang Can 15g Transforms Phlegm, softens hardness, eliminates toxins and dissipates nodules.
Periostracum Cicadae Chan Tui 15g Disperses Wind and clears Heat.
Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi 15g Expels Wind, eliminates Dampness, reduces swelling, eliminates toxins, expels pus and alleviates pain.
With Qiang Huo, for Wind-Cold Dampness.
With Jin Yin Hua and Dang Gui, for early-stage sores and carbuncles.
Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang 15g Drains Heat, purges accumulations, drains Fire, clears Heat, transforms Dampness, promotes urination, invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, reduces Fire toxicity and eliminates Phlegm.
With Dang Gui, for Blood Stasis.
With Chi Shao, for chronic accumulation in the abdomen.
Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua 15g Clears Heat and resolves Fire toxicity.
With Lian Qiao, for various Heat disorders.
With Huang Qin, for suppurating boils that have not ulcerated, or have ulcerated but are not discharging pus.
Scolopendrae Wu Gong 15g Attacks and relieves Fire toxins, relieves abdominal masses, dissipates nodules, unblocks collaterals and stops pain.
Rx. Aconiti* Sheng Chuan Wu 15g Expels Wind-Dampness, disperses Cold,
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arms and activates the channels, reduces swellings, induces ulceration, dispels putrefication and stops pain topically.
With Sheng Nan Xing and Ban Xia, topically, as a powder for Yin flat abscesses.
Rx. Aconiti Kusnezoffii* Sheng Cao Wu 15g Disperses Cold, scours out Wind, overcomes Dampness, reduces swellings, treats abscesses and lesions and stops pain topically.
Rz. et Rx. Notopterygii Qiang Huo 15g Expels Wind-Cold-Dampness, unblocks painful obstruction and alleviates pain.
Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu 15g Strongly dries Dampness, tonifies the Spleen, induces sweating and expels Wind-Dampness.
With Huang Bai, for skin lesions due to Wind-Dampness.
Hb. Asari Xi Xin 15g Disperses Wind-Cold and Internal Cold and alleviates pain.
Per. Zanthoxyli Chuan Jiao 15g Warms the Middle Jiao, disperses Cold, dispels Dampness, relieves diarrhea and alleviates abdominal pain.
Rx. Gentianae Macrophyllae Qin Jiao 15g Expels Wind-Dampness, opens the channels, soothes the sinews and collaterals, clears Deficiency Heat, moistens the Intestines and unblocks the bowels.
Olibanum Ru Xiang 15g Invigorates the Blood, promotes the movement of Qi, reduces swelling,
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enerates flesh, relaxes the sinews, invigorates the channels and alleviates pain.
With Mo Yao, for Blood Stasis obstructing the channels with epigastric, flank abdominal and joint pain and chronic, ulcerated, non-healing sores.
With Qiang Huo and Qi Jiao, for joint pain due to Wind-Cold-Damp Bi.
Myrrh Mo Yao 15g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, reduces swelling, generates flesh, promotes healing and alleviates pain.
With Hong Hua, for chest and abdominal pain, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea due to Blood Stasis.
With Ru Xiang, disseminates and unblocks the organs and dredges the channels and collaterals to treat epigastric, flank, abdominal and joint pain and treats swollen, painful sores and sores that are hard but not painful.
Rx. Polygoni Multiflori He Shou Wu 15g Relieves Fire Toxin.
Rz. Drynariae Gu Sui Bu 15g Activates the Blood.
Fr. Cnidii She Chuang Zi 15g Disperses Cold, dispels Wind, dries Dampness, kills parasites and stops itching topically.
Sm. Momordicae Mu Bie Zi 15g Resolves toxicity , reduces swelling and invigorates the Blood.
Rz. Pinelliae* Ban Xia 15g Treats sores, skin ulcerations and carbuncles and reduces swelling topically.
Rz. Arisaematis* Sheng Nan Xing 15g Reduces swelling and alleviates pain topically.
With Cang Zhu, for Wind-Damp painful obstruction.
Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai 15g Drains Damp-Heat, drains Fire and relieves Fire toxicity.
With Can Zhu, eliminates Dampness and clears Heat for Damp-Heat sores.
  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Dispels Blood Stasis
  • Clears Heat
  • Cools the Blood
  • Reduces swelling from sores and abscesses
  • Relieves pain
  • Disperses Wind
  • Dispels Dampness
  • Blood Stagnation due to Toxic Heat (topical)
  • Stabbing pain in the epigastrium which is worse with pressure
  • Substantial or insubstantial mass beneath the Heart which is painful on palpation
  • Vomiting food mixed with Blood
  • Dry, black stools
  • Melaena
  • Dry skin
  • T: Purple or Purple spots
  • C: White
  • P: Deep and thready or Choppy
CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • * Sheng Cao Wu, Sheng Chuan Wu, Sheng Ban Xia and Sheng Nan Xing are all toxic and are not appropriate for Internal use.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS
  • Fry the ingredients in 250g lard, 250g sesame oil and 250g tung oil until they are withered. Decoct and filter. Add 10g Zhang Dan and 15g white wax to the filtrate and make into a plaster and applied to the area.