Lupus #2

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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua	6-20g	Clears Heat and resolves Fire toxicity. With Huang Qin, for suppurating boils that have not ulcerated, or have ulcerated but are not discharging pus.
Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin	3-18g	Clears Heat, Detoxifies, Drains Fire, Dries Dampness.
Rx. Isatidis	Ban Lan Gen	9-30g	Drains Heat and relieves Fire toxicity.
Rz. Polygoni Cuspidati	Hu Zhang	8-30g	Clears Heat, Discharges toxins, Dispels Blood Stasis, Disperses swelling, Invigorates the Blood, Resolves Dampness.
Rx. Scrophulariae	Xuan Shen	7-30g	Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin, drains Fire and relieves toxicity. With Mu Dan Pi, for erysipelas and purplish rashes. With Sheng Di Huang, for Excess or Deficiency Heat patterns.
Rx. Rehmanniae	Sheng Di Huang	5-30g	Clears Heat, cools the Blood Nourishes Yin, and generates fluids. With Mu Dan Pi, for residual warm pathogen which has injured the Yin. With Xuan Shen, for Kidney Yin Deficiency with Fire Blazing. With Mu Dan Pi and Chi Shao, for purpura or bleeding with maculae and blotches on the skin.
Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi	6-12g	Clears Heat, invigorates, cools and harmonizes the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, drains pus and reduces swelling. With Bai Mao Gen, for hematuria, hematemesis, and epistaxis due to Warm Febrile Disease.
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao	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.

Formula Actions

• Clears Heat
• Cools the Blood
• Relieves toxicity
• Nourishes Yin

Syndromes

• Toxic Heat with Yin Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations

High fever or Low-grade fever Red maculae over the face and other parts of the body General aching of the joints Vexation Insomnia Five Sole Heat Night sweats

Dry mouth and throat Thirst with a preference for cold drinks Malaise (often trance-like) Absent mindedness Delirium Coma T: Deep red C: Yellow and slimy or Thin and yellow P: Slippery and rapid or Thready and rapid

Treats

Lupus erythematosis

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

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