Jie Du Xi Yao - 解毒 洗药 - Detoxifying Lotion (Topical)

English:	Detoxifying Lotion
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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Hb. Taraxaci	Pu Gong Ying	30g	Reduces abscesses, dissipates nodules, clears Heat, resolves Dampness, relieves Fire toxicity and clears Heat in the Blood.
Rx. Sophorae Flavescentis	Ku Shen	12g	Clears Heat, Disperses Wind, Dries Dampness, Kills parasites, Stops itching.
Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai	12g	Drains Damp-Heat, drains Fire and relieves Fire toxicity.
Fr. Forsythiae	Lian Qiao	12g	Clears Heat, relieves toxicity, reduces abscesses and dissipates clumps. With Jin Yin Hua, for the initial-stage of Wind-Heat.
Sm. Momordicae	Mu Bei Zi	12g	Resolves toxicity, reduces swellings and invigorates the Blood.
Flos. Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua	9g	Clears Heat and resolves Fire toxicity. With Lian Qiao, for various Heat disorders. With Gan Cao, for toxic swellings and sores.
Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae	Bai Zhi	9g	Alleviates pain, Eliminates Dampness, Eliminates toxins, Expels pus, Expels Wind, Reduces swelling.
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao	9g	Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis,clears Heat, cools the Blood, reduces swelling from sores and abscesses and relieves pain. With Mu Dan Pi, cools the Blood and disperses Stasis, for Ying Stage Heat with epistaxis, hemoptysis, hemafecia, hematuria, menorrhagia and skin rashes.
Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi	9g	Clears Heat, cools and harmonizes the Blood, invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, drains pus and reduces swelling. With Chi Shao, for purpuric rash, hematemesis and Heat injuring the Ying and Xue levels.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	9g	Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels. With Pu Gong Ying, internally or externally for abscesses or other toxic swellings. With Pu Gong Ying, Jin Yin Hua and Lian Qiao, for Yang sores marked by redness, swelling and pain.

Formula Actions

• Clears Heat
• Resolves toxicity
• Invigorates the Blood
• Reduces swelling
• Eliminates exudate

Syndromes

• Damp-Heat (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

Contact dermatitis Acute suppurative infections Erythema

Post-traumatic infections Pyogenic dermatoses

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

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