Hordeolum #1

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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua	12g	Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity and vents and disperses External Wind-Heat. With Lian Qiao, for various Heat disorders.
Flos Chrysanthemi	Ju Hua	15g	Disperses Wind, clears Heat, calms the Liver, clears the eyes 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.
Hb. Violae	Zi Hua Di Ding	10g	Clears Heat, d relieves Fire toxicity and clears hot sores internally and externally. With Pu Gong Ying, for breast abscesses, furuncles, boils and carbuncles.
Hb. Taraxaci	Pu Gong Ying	10g	Reduces abscesses, dissipates nodules, clears the Liver and eyes and relieves Fire toxicity. With Jin Yin Hua and Zi Hua Di Ding, for all hot, painful, hard, and deep-rooted boils.
Fr. Forsythiae	Lian Qiao	10g	Clears Heat (especially in the Upper Jiao), relieves toxicity, reduces abscesses, dissipates clumps and clears Blood Heat. With Jin Yin Hua, for initial stage Wind-Heat .
Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae	Bai Zhi	10g	Eliminates Dampness, Eliminates toxins, Expels pus, Expels Wind, Reduces swelling.

Formula Actions

• Clears Heat
• Purges Fire
• Relieves toxicity
• Cools the Blood
• Reduces swelling

Syndromes

• Toxic Heat

Clinical Manifestations

Local redness, swelling and severe pain in the eyelid Larger palpebral induration with a burning sensation, tender pain and a visible Yellow-white pus head Yellowish urine High fever Profuse sweat Generalized weakness Severe chills Aversion to Heat Red face Severe thirst with a strong desire to drink Irritability Anxiety Pruritis Headache Toothache Gum bleeding Epistaxis

Dry lips Dry tongue Dry mouth May be sensitive to Cold in the upper back Thirst Constipation Oliguria Polyuria Delusions Eye congestion Heat Burning sensation on the skin Abdominal fullness without resistance Dry, course skin May be heavy labored breathing Delirious speech (serious cases) T: Red tip and sides C: Yellow, dry or white P:Flooding and forceful or Large and forceless or Slippery and rapid

Treats

Hordeolum

Stye

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

• Decoct in water and take one dose a day.

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