bubble_chart Efficacy

Clearing heat and removing toxins, reducing swelling and dispersing abscesses.

bubble_chart Indications

Syphilitic skin lesions, deep-seated chronic diseases, stubborn and unnamed sores, and severe itchy skin conditions.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

Syphilitic skin lesion is the Chinese medicine term for syphilis. Due to the widespread use of antibiotics in modern times, Chinese medicine treatments for syphilis are rarely used. Therefore, this formula is now mostly applied in the field of skin diseases within the Chinese medicine community. In the formula, Arnebia root clears heat and cools blood, invigorates blood to remove toxins, and treats ulcers and sores. Honeysuckle flower (Lonicera) clears heat and removes toxins; Rhubarb Rhizoma purges excess fire and removes toxins by dispelling stasis. Cimicifuga Rhizome clears heat and removes toxins, raises yang and elevates the drooping; Astragalus Root, Chinese Angelica, Peony Root, tonify qi and nourish blood, promote tissue regeneration and expel pathogens; oyster shell, softens hardness and dissipates masses. The combination of these herbs tonifies qi and nourishes blood, promotes tissue regeneration and expels pathogens, clears heat and removes toxins, invigorates blood and resolves stasis, treating both the symptoms and the root cause.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. Pus discharge: Add Shiny Bugleweed, Alisma, Phelloendron Bark.
2. Severe redness and swelling: Add Glabrous Greenbrier, Phelloendron Bark.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Carcinoma of the breast, chronic mastitis, skin diseases, innominate swelling pain.