-IBIS-1.5.0-
rx
formula
Schizonepeta and Siler F.
chinese formulae

definition

Schizonepeta and Siler F. = Jing Fang Bai Du San = "Schizonepeta and Ledebouriella Powder to Overcome Pathogenic Influences".
sources: Bensky and Barolet, p. 54; Hsu, p. 609; Yeung, p. 140.
signs and symptoms: Suppuration with fever and chills, headache, muscle spasms, generalized body aches and pains.
tongue and pulse: thin white tongue coating, with floating pulse.
indications: Wind-Cold-Dampness. With the appropriate presentation, may be used in conditions conventionally diagnosed as early-stage abscesses or sores, carbuncles, pustules, boils, urticaria, scabies, eczema, dermatitis, common cold, influenza, sinusitis, epidemic parotitis, tonsillitis, mastitis, and dysentery.
cautions and contraindications: Contraindicated for cases with Heat.
ingredients: dosage for two days:
» 6 grams: schizonepeta (jing jie), siler (fang feng), notopterygium (qiang huo), tu-huo (du huo), cnidium (chuang xiong), bupleurum (chai hu), peucedanum (qian hu), platycodon (jie geng), chih-ko (zhi ke), poria (fu ling).
» 3 grams: mentha (bo he), licorice (gan cao).
modifications:
» for tonsillitis, add arctium fruit (niu bang zi) and belamcanda (she gan).
» for testitis, add melia (chuan lian zi) and fennel (hui xiang).



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