formula | Saposhnikovia Powder Fang Feng San |
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage Gypsum (Gypsum Fibrosum)
grind carefully, water flies over 60gm Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Take 8 grams each time, mixed with warm water, and consume after meals. Take twice daily.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Dispelling wind, clearing heat, and removing toxins.
bubble_chart Indications
It treats lung wind toxins and excessive drinking leading to pustules.
bubble_chart Formula Principles
The main medicine in the formula, Saposhnikovia Root, is excellent for "treating thirty-six types of wind," especially effective in dispelling wind-evil from the skin and head; negundo chastetree fruit, also known as Vitex negundo seed, can dispel wind, eliminate dampness, resolve phlegm, and lower qi; Gardenia, Gypsum, and Liquorice Root clear heat and purge fire, drain dampness and remove toxins, and all can clear and purge dampness-heat from the lung and stomach meridians; Apricotleaf Ladybell Root clears heat and removes toxins, ventilates the lung and resolves phlegm; Puncturevine Caltrop Fruit dispels wind and relieves itching; Barbary Wolfberry Fruit nourishes water to moisten wood, nourishes yin and moistens the lung. The combination of these medicines disperses wind-heat from the lung meridian, resolves lung and stomach heat toxins, and is suitable for conditions such as wind-heat externally contracted, dampness-heat accumulation in the lung and stomach, and rosacea.