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Yin Hua Jie Du Tang银花解毒汤

Honeysuckle Decoction to Relieve Toxicity

Medicinals
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Composition

  • Jin Yin HuaFlos Lonicerae15–30 g

    Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity, vents and disperses External Wind-Heat and cools the Blood.

    for various Heat disorders.
  • Zi Hua Di DingHb. Violae15–30 g

    Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity and clears hot sores.

  • Shui Niu JiaoCornu Bubali15–30 g

    Clears Heat from the Ying and Xue stages, relieves Fire toxicity, cools the Blood and stops bleeding.

  • Chi Fu LingPoria Rubra9–12 g

    Clears Dampness and Heat.

  • Lian QiaoFr. Forsythiae12–24 g

    Clears Heat (especially in the Upper Jiao), relieves toxicity, reduces abscesses, dissipates clumps and clears Blood Heat.

    for initial stage Wind-Heat.
  • Mu Dan PiCx. Moutan9–12 g

    Clears Heat, cools and harmonizes the Blood, Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, drains pus and reduces swelling.

  • Huang LianRz. Coptidis6–9 g

    Clears Heat, drains Dampness, drains Fire and resolves Fire toxicity..

  • Xia Ku CaoSpica Prunellae12–24 g

    Clears Hot Phlegm, dissipates nodules and clears Liver Fire.

Actions

  • Removes Heat from the Blood
  • Drives out toxins
  • Expels Fire

Patterns treated

  • Heat in the Blood
  • Dampness combined with Heat

Manifestations

  • An abscess forming
  • Outbreaks of acne
  • Infection affecting the eye
  • A skin lesion producing pus
  • Eczema that oozes fluid
  • Various forms of bleeding
Tongue body
Red in hue
Coating
A greasy coating with a yellow tinge
Pulse
Fine together with slippery and rapid qualities, or alternatively Floating together with slippery and rapid qualities

Indications

  • The development of an abscess
  • Acne lesions
  • Eye infections
  • Skin boils
  • A pus-filled skin lesion
  • Eczema accompanied by oozing
  • Carbuncle formations
  • Cellulitis of the skin