Eliminate Wind Powder from True Lineage
Chinese Prescription: Xiao Feng San
English Translation: Eliminate Wind Powder from True Lineage
Formula Type: Release Wind from the Skin and Channels
Actions: Disperses wind, eliminates dampness, clears heat, & cools the blood.
Indications: Weepy, itchy, red skin lesions over a large part of the body, a yellow or white tongue coating, & a forceful, & rapid pulse.
Contraindications: Because this formula is primarily dispersing in nature, it should not be used in cases with marked qi or blood deficieny.
Pinyin | English | Suggested Dosage |
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view: Jing Jie |
Schizonepeta | 3g |
view: Fang Feng |
Siler Root | 3g |
view: Niu Bang Zi |
Burdock Seed | 3g |
view: Chan Tui |
Cicada Shell | 3g |
view: Cang Zhu |
Black Atractylodes | 3g |
view: Ku Shen |
Sophora Flavescentis Root | 3g |
view: Mu Tong |
Akebia Vine | 1.5g |
view: Shi Gao |
Gypsum | 3g |
view: Zhi Mu |
Anemarrhena | 3g |
view: Sheng Di Huang |
Unprepared Rehmannia | 3g |
view: Dang Gui |
Angelica Sinensis | 3g |
view: Hei Zhi Ma |
Black Sesame Seed | 3g |
view: Gan Cao |
Licorice | 1.5g |
Jing Jie / Schizonepeta Stem or Bud | |||
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Taste: Acrid • Temperature: Slightly Warm • Category: Exterior Releasing - Warm • Sub Category: Aromatic | |||
Dosage3-9g |
ActionsReleases the exterior & expels wind: for exterior patterns of either wind-cold or wind-heat (depending on the herbs with which it is combined). Also for carbuncles or boils when they first erupt, especially when accompanied by chills & fever.2. Vents rashes & alleviates itching: for the initial stage of measles & pruritic skin eruptions. 3. Stops bleeding: as an auxiliary herb for hemorrhage, e.g. blood in the stool or uterine bleeding. |
MeridiansLung, Liver |
CautionsContraindicated for Liver wind patterns, & for fully-erupted measels or open sores. |
Fang Feng / Siler Root, (Ledebouriella Root) | |||
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Taste: Acrid, Sweet • Temperature: Slightly Warm • Category: Exterior Releasing - Warm • Sub Category: | |||
Dosage3-9g |
Actions1. Releases the exterior & expels wind: for headache, chills, & body aches due to externally contracted wind-cold.2. Expels wind-dampness & alleviates pain: for exterior wind-damp painful obstruction, especially when wind is predominant. 3. Expels wind: as an auxiliary herb to alleviate trembling of the hands & feet & tetany. Also for intestinal wind due to imbalance between the Spleen & Liver manifested in recurrent, painful diarrhea with bright blood in the stool. Also for migraine headaches. |
MeridiansBladder, Liver, Spleen |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of blood deficiency with spasms, & for yin deficiency with heat signs. According to some traditional texts, this herb antagonizes gan jiang & li lu, & counteracts bei xie. |
Niu Bang Zi / Burdock (Great) Fruit | |||
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Taste: Acrid, Bitter • Temperature: Cold • Category: Exterior Releasing - Cool • Sub Category: | |||
Dosage3-9g |
Actions1. Disperses wind-heat & benefits the throat: for externally contracted wind-heat patterns with such symptoms as fever, cough, & a sore, red, swollen throat.2. Clears heat & relieves toxicity: for red swellings, carbuncles, erythemas, mumps, & acute febrile maculopapular rashes. 3. Vent rashes: for early stages of measles when there is incomplete expression of the rash. 4. Moistens Intestines: for wind-heat constipation. |
MeridiansLung, Stomach |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of qi deficiency & diarrhea, or open sores & carbuncles. |
Chan Tui / Cicada Shell | |||
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Taste: Sweet, Salty • Temperature: Sightly Cold • Category: Exterior Releasing - Cool • Sub Category: | |||
Dosage3-9g |
Actions1. Disperses wind & clears heat: for patterns of externally contracted wind-heat, especially with loss of voice & a swollen, sore throat.2. Vents rashes: for early stage of measles with an incomplete expression of the rash. 3. Clears the eyes & removes superficial visual obstruction: for wind-heat eye problems such as red, painful, & swollen eyes, or blurry vision. 4. Stops spasms & extinguishes wind: for childhood febrile diseases in which wind causes convulsions, spasms, delerium, or night terrors. Also used as an auxiliry substance in treating tetanus. |
MeridiansLung, Liver |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of exterior deficiency. Use with caution during pregnancy. |
Cang Zhu / Atractylodes (Black) Rhizome | |||
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Taste: Acrid, Bitter • Temperature: Warm • Category: Transform Damp - Aromatic • Sub Category: | |||
Dosage4.5-9g |
Actions1. Strongly dries dampness & strengthens the Spleen: for dampness obstructing the middle burner & blocking the transportive & transformative functions of the Spleen. Symptoms include reduced appetite, diarrhea, epigastric distention & pressure, fatigue, nausea & vomting, & a thick, greasy tongue coating.2. Expels wind-dampness: for painful obstruction due to wind-cold-dampness in the extremities. 3. Clears dampness in the lower burner: for damp-heat pouring downward (as in leg qi), vaginal discharge, & swollen, sore joints. Although this herb is warm, it is very effective in drying dampness; when combined with herbs that clear heat, it is used for damp-heat disorders. 4. Induces sweating & releases exterior disorders: for headache, body aches, absence of sweating & /or oozing yin sores due to wind-damp-cold pathogenic influence. |
MeridiansSpleen, Stomach |
CautionsContraindicated in cases with excessive sweating due to qi deficiency, or yin deficiency with interior heat. Use with caution in cases of loose, watery stools. |
Ku Shen / Sophora Root | |||
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Taste: Bitter • Temperature: Cold • Category: Clear Heat • Sub Category: Drain Damp | |||
Dosage3-15g, up to 30g topically as soak |
Actions1. Clears heat & dries dampness: primarily for dysenteric disorder, vaginal discharge, jaundice, & sores.2. Disperses wind, kills parasites, & stops itching: for damp toxin skin lesions or infestations with chronic itching, seepage, & bleeding. Also for genital itching & vaginal discharge. Used both internally & topically. 3. Clears heat & promotes urination: for such disorders as damp-heat in the Small Intestine, painful urinary dysfunction, & hot edema. |
MeridiansBladder, Heart, Liver, Large Intestine, Small Intestine |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of cold from deficinecy of the Spleen or Stomach. Preparations of this herb should not be injected. May be incompatible with li lu & may antagonize tu si zi & bei mu. |
Mu Tong / Akebia Vine | |||
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Taste: Bitter • Temperature: Cool • Category: Drain Damp • Sub Category: | |||
Dosage3-9g |
Actions1. Promotes urination & drains heat from the Heart via the Small Intestine: such symptoms as irritability accompanied by sores of the mouth or tongue, & scanty urine. Also used in treating damp-heat painful urinary dysfunction, edema & leg qi.2. Promotes lactation & unblocks the blood vessels: for insufficient lactation; less commonly for amenorrhea, & for pain & stiffness of the joints. |
MeridiansBladder, Heart, Small Intestine |
CautionsContraindicated during pregnancy & in the absence of interior damp-heat. This herb easily injures the fluids & should be used with extreme caution in patients with any sign of yin deficiency. Do not overdose: acute renal failure was reported following a dose of 60g. |
Shi Gao / Gypsum | |||
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Taste: Sweet, Acrid • Temperature: Very Cold • Category: Clear Heat • Sub Category: Drain Fire | |||
Dosage9-30g, up to 90g for high fevers. Brake up & cook for 20-30 minutes before adding other herbs. |
Actions1. Clears heat & drains fire: for high fever without chills, irritability, intense thirst, profuse sweating, a flooding & big pulse, & a red tongue with yellow coating. This condition is identified as one of excess in the qi level of the four levels of disease, or the yang brightness channel stage of the six stages of disease.2. Clears excessive heat from the Lungs: for cough & wheezing with fever & thick, viscous sputum. 3. Clears blazing Stomach fire: for headache, toothache, or swollen & painful gums due to Stomach fire. 4. For eczema, burns, & ulcerated sores: usually applied topically in powdered form after being calcined & mixed with other herbs. |
MeridiansLung, Stomach |
CautionsContraindicated for patients with weak stomachs, or when the pulse is minute, or in cases of yang deficiency or heat from yin deficiency. |
Zhi Mu / Anemarrhena Rhizome | |||
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Taste: Bitter • Temperature: Cold • Category: Clear Heat • Sub Category: Drain Fire | |||
Dosage6-12g |
Actions1. Clears heat & drains fire: for high fever, irritability, thirst, & a rapid, flooding pulse in patterns of exessive heat in the Lungs & Stomach. Also for cough due to heat in the Lungs with expectoration of thick, yellow sputum.2. Enriches yin & moistens dry conditions: for exhaustion or deficiency of Lung & Kidney yin wih heat signs such as night sweats, steaming bone disorder, irritability, afternoon or low-grade fevers, warmth in the five centers, & bleeding gums. Also for such Kidney heat signs as spermatorrrhea, nocturnal emissions, & abnormally elevated sexual drive. 3. Generates fluids & clears heat: for oral ulcers & in flammation due to yin deficiency as well as wasting & thirsting disorder. |
MeridiansLung, Stomach, Kidney |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of diarrhea due to Spleen deficiency. |
Sheng Di Huang / Rehmannia Root, Unprepared | |||
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Taste: Sweet, Bitter • Temperature: Cold • Category: Clear Heat • Sub Category: Cool Blood | |||
Dosage9-30g |
Actions1. Clears heat & cools the blood: for all warm-febrile diseases where heat enters the nutritive level causing very high fever, thirst, & a scarlet tongue. Also indicated in cases of hemorrhage due to heat entering the blood level.2. Nourishes the yin & generates fluids: for yin deficiency with heat signs, as well as injury to the body's fluids. Manifestations include dry mouth, continuous low-grade fever, & constipation. Also for throat pain associated with yin deficiency. 3. Cools the upward-blazing of Heart fire: for mouth & tongue sores, & for irritability, insomnia, afternoon or low-grade fevers, & malar flush. 4. Wasting & thirsting disorder. |
MeridiansHeart, Kidney, Liver |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of Spleen deficiency with dampness, yang deficiency, & in pregnant women with blood deficiency or Spleen or Stomach deficiency. |
Dang Gui / Angelica (Chinese) Root | |||
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Taste: Sweet, Acrid, Bitter • Temperature: Warm • Category: Tonic • Sub Category: Tonify Blood | |||
Dosage3-15g |
Actions1. Tonifies the blood & regulates the meses: for patterns of blood deficiency with such symptoms as a pallid, ashen complexion, tinnitus, blurred vision, & palpitations. Also very commonly used fro blood deficiency associated with menstrual disorders such as irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, etc.2. Invigorates & harmonizes the blood & disperses cold: an important herb for stopping pain due to blood stasis. Commonly used for abdominal pain, traumatic injury, & carbuncles due to blood stasis, especially when there is also cold from deficiency. Also used in the treatment of blood deficiency with chronic wind-damp painful obstruction. 3. Moistens the Intestiones & unblocks the bowels: for dry Intestines due to blood deficiency. 4. Reduces swelling, expels pus, generates flesh, & alleviates pain: used in treating sores & abscesses where its ability to both tonify & invigorate the blood leads to improvement. |
MeridiansHeart, Liver, Spleen |
CautionsUse with caution in cases of diarrhea or abdominal distention due to damp obstruction. Contraindicated for yin deficiency with heat signs. |
Hei Zhi Ma / Sesame (Black) Seeds | |||
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Taste: Sweet • Temperature: Neutral • Category: Tonic • Sub Category: Tonify Yin | |||
Dosage9-30g |
Actions1. Nourishes & fortifies the Liver & Kidneys: for yin deficiency of the Liver & Kidneys with such symptoms as blurred vision, tinnitus, & dizziness. Also used to help patients recover after severe illnesses.2. Nourishes the blood & extinguishes wind: for headaches, dizziness, & numbness due to blood or yin deficiency. 3. Moistens & lubricates the Intestines: for constipation due to dry Intestines or blood deficiency. |
MeridiansKidney, Liver |
CautionsContraindicated in cases with diarrhea. |
Gan Cao / Licorice Root (Chinese) | |||
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Taste: Sweet • Temperature: Neutral (raw root) • Category: Tonic / Harmonize • Sub Category: Tonify Qi | |||
Dosage2-12g |
Actions1. Tonifies the Spleen & augments the qi: commonly used for Spleen deficiency with shortness of breath, lassitude, & loose stools. Also for qi or blood deficiency patterns with an irregular or intermittent pulse & /or palpitations.2. Moistens the Lungs & stops coughing: for coughing & wheezing. Because of its neutral properties, it can be used for either heat or cold in the Lungs. 3. Clears heat & relieves fire toxicity: used raw for carbuncles, sores, or sore throat due to fire toxin. For this purpose, it can be taken internally or applied topically. 4. Moderates spasms & alleviates pain: for painful spasms of the abdomen or legs. 5. Moderates & harmonizes the characteristics of other herbs: by virtue of its sweet, neutral, & moderating properties, this herb moderates hot & cold herbs, & mitigates the violent properties of other herbs. Since it is said to enter all 12 primary channels, it can lead & conduct other herbs into the channels. 6. Used as an antidote for a variety of toxic substances, both internally & topically. 7. The raw root clears heat & relieves toxicity, the honey-fried tonifies the middle & moderates spasms. |
MeridiansAll 12 channels (principally the Heart, Lung, Spleen, & Stomach) |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of excess dampness, nausea, or vomiting. May be in compatible with jing da ji, yuan hua, gan sui, & hai zao, & may antagonize yuan zhi. The toxicity of gan cao is very low, but if taken long-term it may cause hypertension &/or edema. Glycyrrhetinic acid has been reported to cause a reduction in the activity of the thyroid & a reducation in the basal metabolic rate. |