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Clears Heat and resolves Fire toxin

Fire toxin from an external Heat attack settling in the channels and gathering in the skin Early boils, furuncles and carbuncles, before pus has fully formed or drained Small, deep-rooted, hard, painful sores, as firm as a nail Damp-Heat causing atrophy (Wei) disorder

Cools the Blood and reduces swelling

Red, hot, swollen, painful sores or nodules, sometimes with pus Fever and chills, and thirst when the toxin is more widespread Tongue red with a yellow or yellow greasy coat; pulse rapid and forceful

Modern uses

Boils and furuncles of all kinds, including multiple and nasal furuncles Carbuncles Folliculitis Pyoderma Acne Rosacea Erysipelas Cellulitis Lymphangitis Eczema Contact dermatitis Psoriasis Shingles Burns Erythema Genital eruptions Mastitis Breast cancer Bartholinitis Pelvic inflammatory disease Vaginal discharge Gonorrhea Prostatitis Urinary tract infection Acute and chronic pyelonephritis Acute nephritis Acute glomerulonephritis Appendicitis Crohn's disease Colitis Constipation Acute hepatitis Viral hepatitis Jaundice Acute cholecystitis Pyogenic cholangitis Septicemia Conjunctivitis Blepharitis Eyelid edema Chronic dacryocystitis Purulent otitis media Ear pain Nasal pain Pericoronitis Gingivitis Periodontitis Myasthenia gravis Multiple sclerosis Polyneuritis and acute infectious multiple neuritis Guillain-Barre syndrome Acute myelitis Progressive muscular dystrophy After-effects of poliomyelitis Hysterical paralysis Periodic paralysis Facial paralysis Atrophy (Wei) syndrome Weakness Behcet's disease Cushing's syndrome Lyme disease Gout Wrist and hand pain jin yin hua pu gong ying zi hua di ding ye ju hua zi bei tian kuei