Description
San Huang Xi Ji (Three Yellows Wash Formula), from External Injury Science (Wai Shang Ke Xue).
Actions: Clear heat and resolve toxins, dry dampness, and relieve itching. Indicated for the treatment of acute skin diseases or furuncles (boils) due to damp-heat, with scorching swelling, and itch of skin, or blistering, and yellow fluid effusion
Indications: Shake it evenly before applying externally since it has sediment
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 861–873.
Composition
Preparation
Grind the ingredient into fine powder, use 10–15 g powder each time, add distilled water 100 mL, and phenol 1 mL, then dip the solution with cotton swab and apply the affected area, 4–5 times a day
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- Fu Fang Ba Zheng San = this formula + Long Dan Xie Gan Tang + Liu Yi San + Bian Xu, Deng Xin Cao, Fu Ling, Hong Hua, Niu Xi, Qu Mai, She Chuang Zi, Tao Ren, Wu Yao and Yi Yi Ren
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