HERB FORMULAS

HUANG BAI SAN - 黄柏散 - PHELLODENDRON BARK POWDER (TOPICAL)

English: Phellodendron Bark Powder
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai 30g Drains Damp-Heat, drains Fire and relieves Fire toxicity.
Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian 3g Clears Heat, drains Dampness, drains Fire and resolves Fire toxicity.
Hb. Aloes Lu Hui 6g Clears Heat and kills parasites.
Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu 9g Strongly dries Dampness and tonifies the Spleen.
With Huang Bai, for skin lesions due to Wind-Dampness.
Talcum Hua Shi 9g Absorbs Dampness and clears Heat topically.
With Huang Bai and Ming Fan, topically as a powder for Damp-Heat skin lesions and eczema.
Resina Pini Song Xiang 12g Dries Dampness, dispels Wind, alleviates pain, discharges pus, removes toxins and generates flesh.
Borneolum Bing Pian 0.6g Clears Heat, alleviates pain, dissipates nodules and alleviates itching.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Eliminates Dampness

SYNDROMES

  • Damp-Heat skin lesions (topical)

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Pinpoint papules
  • Papulovesicles
  • Vesicles, some of which coalesce
  • Slight infiltration and severe, painful itching is likely
  • Maybe necrosis
  • Water blisters
  • The skin is rough and itchy
  • Local skin flushing
  • Skin erosion
  • Bleeding or exudation follows rupture of skin after scratching
  • Erythema
  • Burning
  • Itching
  • Pain
  • T: Red
  • C: Thin and yellow or white or Sticky and yellow
  • P: Soggy and rapid or Floating

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • Grind the ingredients into a powder and sprinkle on the affected area(s) or mix with sesame oil and apply.

MODIFICATIONS