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Source: Yī Zōng Jīn Jiàn 医宗金鉴

Ingredients:

• Cāng zhú (苍朮 Atractylodis Rhizoma, atractylodes [rhizome]) (stir-fried) 10g
• Chén pí (陈皮 Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, tangerine peel) 6g
• Hòu pò (厚朴 Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, officinal magnolia bark) 12g
• Bái zhú (白朮 Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, white atractylodes [root]) (stir-fried with earth) 10g
• Zhū líng (猪苓 Polyporus , polyporus) 12g
• Fú líng (茯苓 Poria , poria) 12g
• Zé xiè (泽泻 Alismatis Rhizoma, alisma [tuber]) 10g
• Huá shí (滑石 Talcum , talcum) 20g
• Gān cǎo (甘草 Glycyrrhizae Radix, licorice [root]) 3g
• Fáng fēng (防风 Saposhnikoviae Radix, saposhnikovia) 10g
• Shān zhī (山栀 Gardeniae Fructus, gardenia [fruit]) 6g
• Mù tōng (木通 Akebiae Trifoliatae Caulis, trifoliate akebia) 6g
• Ròu guì (肉桂 Cinnamomi Cortex, cinnamon bark) 1.5g
• 灯芯草 4 bundles

Action: Clears heat and eliminates dampness; resolves toxin and disperses swelling.

Indication: Girdling fire cinnabar (shingles, herpes zoster) caused by damp-heat sweltering the skin, characterized by burning pain in the skin (usually on the waist line), forming yellow white vessels the size of mung beans or soybeans, surrounded by red areolae, and exuding watery fluid after bursting.

Category:

Method: Decoct with water.

Rationale: This is pingweisan combined with wulingsan plus Fáng fēng, Zhī zǐ, Huá shí, and Mù tōng. Píng wèi sǎn (平胃散 Stomach-Calming Powder)moves qì and transforms dampness, while Wǔ líng sǎn (五苓散 Poria Five Powder) disinhibits water and percolates dampness. The two combined discharge the damp with the urine and fortify the spleen so that damp no longer arises. In this formula, the Ròu guì replaces the twig of Fú líng Five to warm and transformation of water-damp, relieve pain, and work with Zhī zǐ and Gān cǎo to resolve toxin. Zhī zǐ eliminates triple burner heat. Fáng fēng dispels wind and disperses swelling. Huá shí, Dēng xīn cǎo, and Mù tōng clear heat and disinhibit dampness.

Similar: 胃苓汤(1)

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