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Herbal Formula for Clearing Heat & Poison - Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin
                        
                                      

                         Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin

                        (God's Life-Saving Decoction)

SOURCE:  Xiao Zhu Fu Ren Lian Fang (Revised Effective formulae for Women)
INGREDIENTS:
Bai Zhi (Dahurian angelica root) 3g
Bei Mu (Fritillary bulb) 3g
Fang Feng (Ledebouriella root) 3g
Chi Shao (Red peony root) 3g
Dang Gui Wei (Chinese angelica root) 3g
Gan Cao (Licorice root) 3g
Zao Jia Chi (Chinese honeylocust spine) 3g
Chuan Shan Jia (Pangolin scales) 3g
Tian Hua Fen (Trichosanthes root) 3g
Ru Xiang (Frankincense) 3g
Mo Yao (Myrrh) 3g
Jin Yin Hua (Honeysuckle flower) 9g
Chen Pi (Tangerine peel) 9g
DIRECTIONS: Decoct the above herbs in water or with rice wine for oral administration.
EFFECTS: Clearing heat and poison, resolving swelling and mass, activating blood for relieving pain.
INDICATIONS: The beginning of sores manifested by local swelling with severe pain, or fever, chill, thin white or
yellow coating, strong rapid pulse.
ANALYSIS OF FORMULA: It is a representative formula for carbuncle and sores pertaining to yang syndrome.
Being pungent and sweet flavors, Jin Yin Hua (honeysuckle flower) acts as the main herb to disperse and clear away
heat and poison as well as to clear the qi phase for cooling blood, which is good for all kind of carbuncle and sores. As
the assistant herbs, Fang Feng (ledebouriella root) and Bai Zhi (dahurian angelica root) are to disperse wind evil for the
beginning of carbuncle and sores; Dang Gui Wei (Chinese angelica root) , Chi Shao (red  peony root), Ru Xiang
(frankincense), Mo Yao (myrrh) and Chen Pi (tangerine peel) to activate blood for dissipating stasis and to activate qi
for dredging collaterals as well as to resolve swelling for relieving pain. As the adjuvant herbs, Bei Mu (fritillary bulb)
and Tian Hua Fen ( trichosanthes root) clear heat and resolve phlegm as well to resolve swelling and mass; Chuan Shan
Jia (pangolin scales) and Zao Jiao Chi (Chinese honey locust spine) resolve hardness and drain pus. Gan Cao (Licorice
root) clears heat and poison; rice wine activates blood for resolving swelling and guide all herbs to the suffering location.
They both act as the dispatcher herbs. This formula can be applied to non suppurative sores as well as suppurative
sores.
However, this formula is only suitable to sores before perforation. For the perforated sores, or sores pertaining to yin
syndrome, this formula is prohibited. Besides, it should be cautious for the cases with deficiency of the spleen and stom-
ach or insufficiency of qi and blood.
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