bubble_chart Efficacy

Clearing heat and purging fire, dispelling wind and moistening dryness.

bubble_chart Indications

After childbirth, a woman contracts an external wind pathogen, experiencing distress from heat in the limbs, without headache but with restlessness.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

In the formula, Skullcap Root serves as the monarch herb for clearing heat and purging fire; Sophora acts as the minister herb for dispelling wind, clearing heat, and promoting diuresis; Rehmannia serves as the assistant herb for moistening, tonifying blood, and reducing blood heat. The combination of these three herbs balances fire and calms wind, restores yin and soothes the liver, thereby eliminating vexing heat in the limbs. This formula is applied in dermatological diseases, often in combination with other formulas, and has shown good therapeutic effects.

bubble_chart Pattern Identification

1. Postpartum external contraction of wind-cold.
2. Restless heat in the limbs.
3. Poor sleep.
4. Dry skin.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. Severe insomnia: add Sour Jujube, Poria with Pine.
2. Severe internal heat: add Coptis Rhizome, Gardenia.
3. Severe skin dryness and itching: combine with Wind-Dispersing Powder.
4. Menopausal symptoms in women: combine with Peripatetic Powder.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Puerperal fever, subcutaneous lung nodules, insomnia, autonomic nervous system disorders, stomatitis, hematemesis, hematochezia, frostbite, burns, urticaria, eczema, psoriasis, gynecological blood disorders, menopausal disorders, summer heat in hands and feet, hypertension, etc.