Xie Fei Yin - 泻痱饮 - Drain Prickly Heat Drink

English:	Drain Prickly Heat Drink
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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Gypsum Fibrosum	Shi Gao	15g	Burns and ulcerated sores and wounds, Clears Heat in the Qi Stage, Drains Fire, Quenches thirst and heals eczema, Relieves irritability.
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao	10g	Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, relieves pain, clears Heat, cools the Blood, clears Liver Fire, relieves eye pain, and reduces swelling from sores and abscesses. With Ju Hua and Huang Qin, for redness, pain and swelling of the eyes.
Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin	10g	Drains Fire, detoxifies and calms ascending Liver Yang.
Fol. Mori	Sang Ye	10g	Disperses and scatters Wind-Heat. calms the Liver and clears the eyes. With Ju Hua, for Wind-Heat induced eye redness. With Shi Gao, for Warm Dryness attacking the Lung with fever, a hacking cough and a dry, parched throat.
Caulis Akebiae	Mu Tong	5g	Promotes urination.
Fr. Forsythiae	Lian Qiao	10g	Clears Heat (especially in the Upper Jiao), Reduces abscesses and clears Blood Heat, Relieves toxicity.
Hb. Schizonepetae	Jing Jie	10g	Releases the Exterior, expels Wind and relieves itching.
Rx. Saposhnikoviae	Fang Feng	10g	Releases the Exterior , expels External Wind and alleviates pain. With JIng Jie, expels Wind and stops itching, for Exterior patterns in any season, pruritic rash and initial-stage boils . With JIng Jie, Huang Qin and Lian Qiao, for Wind-Heat.
Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae	Bai Zhi	10g	Expels Wind, eliminates Dampness, unblocks the nasal passages, dispels Cold, alleviates pain, reduces swelling, eliminates toxins and expels pus. With HUang Qin, for Wind-Heat headache.
Rx. et Rz. Notopterygii	Qiang Huo	10g	Releases the exterior and guides Qi to the Tai Yang and Du channels.
Flos Chrysanthemi	Ju Hua	12g	Disperses Wind, clears Heat, calms the Liver, clears the eyes and detoxifies. With Fang Feng, for Wind-Heat irritating the exterior with slight chills, mild fever, headache and itchy eyes.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	6g	Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.

Formula Actions

• Expels Wind
• Clears Heat
• Detoxifies

Syndromes

• Wind-Heat with Heat predominant

Clinical Manifestations

Inflammation of conjunctiva giving rise to Blood shot eyes Yellow discharge Itchy pain Aversion to Cold Hot tearing Photophobia

Headache Fever Nasal congestion T: Red tip C: Thin and yellow P: Floating and rapid

Treats

Conjunctivitis Eye pain

Pseudomembranous conjunctivitis Red eyes

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

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