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Wind-Dispersing Powder

外科正宗湯劑
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Source
外科正宗
Composition
Angelica sinensis root 6 g, raw Rehmannia root 6 g, Saposhnikovia root 6 g, cicada slough 1.5 g, Anemarrhena rhizome 6 g, Sophora flavescens root 6 g, sesame seed 6 g, Schizonepeta herb 6 g, Atractylodes lancea 6 g, Arctium fruit 6 g, Gypsum 6 g, Licorice root 3 g, Akebia stem 3 g
Preparation
Grind into powder; take 3 qian each time, with tea decoction. For sores and tinea, take with wine. (Modern usage: decoct six bowls of water into two bowls; after meals, take one bowl warm each time.)
Form
湯劑
Function
Disperse wind and eliminate dampness, Clear heat and nourish Blood.
Traditional indications
When wind-dampness invades and soaks the blood vessels, causing sores and scabies with unceasing itching, as well as wind-heat urticaria in adults and children, with cloud-like spots over the body that appear and disappear intermittently.
Modifications
Eczema scratched and broken with fluid: add Yiyiren: 30. -- In cases with exuberant wind-heat toxin: add Jinyinhua: 6, Lianqiao: 6. -- German measles: add Banlangen: 6, Jinyinhua: 6. -- In cases with severe heat in the blood aspect, red rash, vexing heat, and red or crimson tongue: add Chishao: 6, Mudanpi: 6, Zicao: 6. -- Summer prickly heat: add Huashi: 18.
Cautions
If wind rash belongs to deficiency-cold, it is not suitable to use. During medication, one should avoid pungent foods, fishy foods, tobacco, alcohol, strong tea, etc., so as not to affect the therapeutic effect.