X IAO FENG DAO CHI TANG - 消風導赤汤 - ELIMINATE WIND AND GUIDE OUT THE RED DECOCTION

English:	Eliminate Wind and Guide Out the Red Decoction
Also Known As:

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Poria	Fu Ling	20g	Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the Middle Jiao.
Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua	20g	Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity, vents and disperses External Wind-Heat and clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao. With Gan Cao, for Toxic swellings and sores.
Rx. Rehmanniae	Sheng Di Huang	15g	Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin and generates fluids.
Fr. Arctii	Niu Bang Zi	12g	Disperses Wind-Heat, relieves toxicity and vents rashes. With Gan Cao, for Wind-Heat attacks the Lungs or Fire toxin flaring upwards.
Cx. Dictamni	Bai Xian Pi	12g	Clears Damp-Heat, Clears Heat, Dries Dampness, Expels Wind, Resolves Fire-toxicity, Stops itching.
Medulla Junci	Deng Xin Cao	6g	Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness. With Mu Tong, for Damp-Heat lodging in the Lower Jiao.
Caulis Akebiae	Mu Tong	6g	Promotes urination.
Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian	3g	Clears Heat, drains Dampness, drains Fire and resolves Fire toxicity.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	3g	Clears Heat and relieves Fire toxicity and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.
Hb. Menthae Haplocalycis	Bo He	3g	Disperses Wind-Heat and Vents rashes. With Niu Bang Zi, for sores, dry throat, cough with yellow sputum, incomplete expression of measles or pruritic rash due to Wind-Heat.

Formula Actions

• Clears Heat
• Disperses Wind
• Eliminates Dampness

Syndromes

• Severe rash due to External Wind or Damp-Heat

Clinical Manifestations

Severe rash Constipation Thirst

T: Red-tipped C: Thin-White or Thin-Yellow P: Soft and Rapid

Treats

Chickenpox Eruptive fever Measles Edema Childhood eczema

Pruritic red rash Severe itching (burning sensation) Vesicular rash Atopic dermatitis

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

Modifications

For atopic dermatitis:		For atopic dermatitis with severe itching:
+ Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver Long Dan Xie Gan Tang		+ Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
For atopic dermatitis with poor Appetite:		+ Margarita
+ Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver Long Dan Xie Gan Tang		+ Magnetitum	Ci Shi
		For atopic dermatitis with dry stool:
+ Hb. Agastaches/ Pogostemonis	Huo Xiang	+ Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
+ Herba Eupatorii	Pei Lan	+ Fol. Isatidis	Da Qing Ye
For atopic dermatitis due to fetal Heat:		+ Sm. Cannabis	Huo Ma Ren
- Medulla Junci	Deng Xin Cao	For Damp eczema:
- Fr. Arctii	Niu Bang Zi	+ Sm. Plantaginis	Che Qian Zi
+ Rz. Atractylodis	Cang Zhu	+ Rz. Atractylodis	Cang Zhu
For Dry eczema:
- Caulis Akebiae	Mu Tong
- Medulla Junci	Deng Xin Cao
+ Rx. Pseudostellariae	Tai Zi Shen
+ Rx. Ophiopogonis	Mai Men Dong
+ Rz. Polygonati	Huang Jing
+ Rz. Imperatae	Bai Mao Gen