Ye Ju Niu Zi Tang - 野菊牛子汤 - Chrysanthemum And Arctium Decoction

English:	Chrysanthemum and Arctium Decoction
Also Known As:

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Flos Chrysanthemi	Ju Hua	15g	Disperses Wind, clears Heat and detoxifies. With Fang Feng, for Wind-Heat irritating the Exterior with slight chills, mild fever, headache and itchy eyes.
Rx. Rehmanniae	Sheng Di Huang	15g	Clears Heat, Cools the Blood, Nourishes Yin and generates fluids.
Halloysitum Rubrum	Chi Shi Zhi	15g	Contains the Blood, stops bleeding and promotes healing of wounds.
Fr. Arctii	Niu Bang Zi	10g	Disperses Wind-Heat, relieves toxicity and vents rashes.
Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi	10g	Clears Heat, cools and harmonizes the Blood, activates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, drains pus and reduces swelling. With Sheng Di Huang, for a residual Warm pathogen which has injured the Yin.
Hb. seu Flos Schizonepetae	Jing Jie	9g	Releases the Exterior, expels Wind, vents rashes and relieves itching. With Sheng Di Huang, for epistaxis, hemoptysis and hematemesis.
Rx. Saposhnikoviae	Fang Feng	9g	Releases the Exterior, expels External Wind, expels Wind-Dampness and alleviates pain. With Jing Jie, expels Wind and stops itching for pruritic rashes.
Sm. Coicis	Yi Yi Ren	30g	Strengthens the Spleen, clears Damp-Heat and expels pus.
Alumen	Ming Fan	12g	Alleviates itching, Dries Dampness, Generates flesh, Kills parasites, Relieves toxicity, Restrains and inhibits sores, Transforms putrefication.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	3g	Moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.

Formula Actions

• Disperses Wind-Heat
• Clears Damp-Heat
• Cools the Blood
• Detoxifies
• Stops itching

Syndromes

• Damp-Heat

Clinical Manifestations

Red, eroded weeping lesions The scales and crusts are greasy The lesions often exude an unpleasant odor

There may be fissures on and around the lesions that affect the nasolabial folds and behind the ears

Treats

Seborrheic dermatitis

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

Modifications

For thirst, Heat and red papules with little exudate:		For severe Dampness causing erosion of the lesions:
+ 15g Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua	+ 9g Rx. Sophorae Flavescentis	Ku Shen
+ 10g Fr. Forsythiae	Lian Qiao
+ 15g Flos Sophorae Immaturus	Huai Hua Mi	+ 12g Poria	Fu Ling
+ 20g Talcum	Hua Shi
For intense itching:		For lesions primarily affecting the head:
+ 6g Periostracum Cicadae	Chan Tui	+ 6g Rx. et Rz. Notopterygii	Qiang Huo
+ 9g Bombyx Batryticatus	Jiang Can	+ 12g Fr. Viticis	Man Jing Zi
+ 6g Hb. Menthae	Bo He
+ 15g Cx. Dictamni	Bai Xian Pi	For greasy scales:
For dry stools:		+ 12g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae	Bai Zhu
+ 6g Rx. et Rz. Rhei	Da Huang
+ 15g Fr. Crataegi	Shan Zha