skin problems, itch, red spots.

According to the Chinese tradition:

- calms internal wind,

- removes heat,

- eliminates toxines.

Dispelling exogenous wind to relieve the exterior and purging the bowel to remove interior heat. For exogenous wind attacking on the constitutional hot body, marked by fever with chills, headache or dizziness, blocked nose, cough with sticky sputum, stuffiness in the chest, dry mouth with bitter taste, constipation, scanty and unsmooth urination, pink or red tongue with yellowish coating, floating or slippery pulse. It can also be used to treat boil, sores and eruption in the superficial aspect of the body

note : do not use during pregnancy

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Radix glycyrrhiza - Gan Cao: neutral, sweet, clears Heat and eliminates Toxins, tonifies Qi, moistens the Lungs, harmonizes the properties of other herbs.

Radix scutellaria - Huang Qin: cold, Bitter, clears Heat and dries Dampness, resolves toxicity, mostly from the lungs.

Radix platycodon - Jie Geng: neutral, acrid, bitter, vents and clears Heat from the Tai Yin, dispels the phlegm.

Flos schizonepeta - Jing Jie: slightly warm, acrid, releases the exterior and dispels Wind, dispels Phlegm, Vents Rashes and Alleviates Itching.

Radix saposhnikovia - Fang Feng: Slightly warm, acrid, sweet, dispel Wind, release the Exterior, dispels Dampness.

Radix atractylodes - Bai Zhu: warm, sweet, bitter, strengthens the Tai Yin and invigorates the Qi

Radix Rhei - Da Huang: cold, bitter, clears Heat and eliminates Toxins,

Radix Paeonia lactiflora - Bai Shao: cool, bitter, sour, nourishes the Xue and protects the Yin.

Rhizoma ligusticum chuanxiong - Chuan Xiong: warm, acrid, activates Qi, nourishes and invigorates Xue

Herba Mentha – Bo He: cool, acrid, releases the Exterior and dispels Wind Heat, benefits the throat and vents rashes.

Fructus Gardenia - Zhi Zi: cold, bitter, sedates Fire, drains Damp-Heat downwards, clears Heat and cools Xue.

Fructus Forsythia - Lian Qiao: cool, bitter, clears Heat and reduces toxicity

Radix angelica - Dang Gui: warm, sweet, acrid, tonifies Xue, invigorates circulation of Xue.

Gan Cao is used in large amount to clear the heat from the Tai Yin together with Jing Jie, to tonify the Qi and spleen and to harmonize the other herbs of the formula. Jing Jie, Fang Feng and Bo He disperse Heat, vent rashes and alleviate itching. Jie Geng is the best herb to open the Tai Yin and resolve the phlegm. Lian Qiao is an effective herb for clearing heat and eliminating toxins from both the interior and the exterior. Huang Qin and Zhi Zi drain damp-heat downwards and both herbs enter the Tai Yin channels. Da Huang can clear the Heat (stasis) and helps to eliminate (superficial) Xue stasis through its purgative action. Dang Gui and Chuang Xiong invigorate and harmonize Xue along with Bai Shao that has a Xue nourishing function. Bai Zhu with Gan Cao, tonifies the Qi to protect the Tai Yin from the harsh effects of the other herbs.

 syndromes :

Heat Excess in the Exterior and Interior
Simultaneous Tai Yang, Yang Ming, Shao Yin Heat disorder.
Good for all Wind-Heat disorders with constipation, dark, rough urination, facial sores and red, sore eyes. which can lead to Internal Wind with a stiff tongue and clenched fists.

It is important to know that herbal formulas are intended to treat conditions, not "diseases" as understood in Western medicine. According to Chinese phytotherapy, conditions are the deeper underlying causes that can throw the body out of balance and can be the cause of all kinds of disorders.