HERB FORMULAS

DI TAI CHA JI - ANTI-LICHEN RUB PREPARATION (TOPICAL)

English: Anti-Lichen Rub Preparation
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Sm. Strychni Ma Qian Zi 3g Unblocks the channels and collaterals, disperses clumps, reduces swelling and alleviates pain
Rx. Aconiti Kusnezoffii Cruda Sheng Cao Wu 3g Disperses Cold, scours out Wind, overcomes Dampness, reduces swellings, treats abscesses and lesions and stops pain topically.
Galla Rhois Chinensis Wu Bei Zi 3g Relieves Fire toxicity, absorbs moisture and reduces swellings topically.
Hb. Asari Xi Xin 3g Disperses Wind-Cold and Internal Cold and alleviates pain.
Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai 6g Drains Fire and relieves Fire toxicity for toxic sores and Damp-skin lesions.
Rhizoma Pinelliae Ban Xia 6g Treats sores, skin ulcerations and carbuncles and reduces swelling topically.
Rz. Arisaematis Tian Nan Xing 6g Reduces swelling and alleviates pain topically.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Reduces swelling
  • Alleviates pain
  • Disperses Wind-Cold
  • Drains Fire
  • Relieves Fire toxicity

SYNDROMES

  • Toxic Wind-Heat skin lesions

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • At the initial stage, the lesions manifest as slightly elevated
    flat-topped red papules, which quickly become confluent to form red plaques with well-defined borders.
  • The skin becomes rough
  • Deepened skin creases appear
  • A thin layer of fine dry scales covers the plaques
  • Severe itching and excoriation lead to bloody crusts
  • Restlessness
  • Dry mouth
  • Thirst
  • Insomnia
  • T: Red
  • C: Thin and yellow
  • P: Wiry and slippery or Slippery and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • Grind the ingredients into a fine powder and soak in 30 percent Cresol and Soap Solution (150ml), 95 percent alcohol (50m) and castor oil (20ml) for five days. The medication is then applied Externally directly on the lesions with gauze or cotton buds, three to four times a day for seven days.

MODIFICATIONS