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Clears Heat and resolves toxicity

Fire toxin blocking the Blood vessels and sinews and causing Blood stasis It seldom has one cause: Kidney weakness of long standing, Bi from Wind, Cold and Damp, rich, greasy or spicy eating, or wrongly used Yang tonics may all play a part Fever, thirst and restlessness Given in the acute, inflamed stage while active Heat-toxin remains, not once the tissue has died Tongue red; pulse rapid, sometimes slippery or forceful as well

Invigorates the Blood and alleviates pain

A limb, most often a finger or toe, that is dark red or purplish, hot, slightly swollen and extremely painful, with burning or throbbing Ulcerated sores that do not heal, perhaps smelling foul or discharging much pus Early gangrene of the fingers or toes with a pus-filled abscess Local inflammation and swelling

Nourishes Yin

Modern uses

Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans) Acute thrombotic phlebitis Thrombophlebitis Iliofemoral vein thrombosis Varicose veins in the legs Vascular Bi Gangrene Arteriosclerotic gangrene Diabetic foot ulcers Peripheral vascular and ischemic conditions Sloughing ulcer Erysipelas Radiodermatitis Erythema nodosum Chronic hepatitis Viral hepatitis Cirrhosis of the liver Chronic gastritis Benign prostatic hypertrophy Gout Sciatica Carpal tunnel syndrome jin yin hua xuan shen dang gui gan cao