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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">xiao feng san</name>
    <name type="english">Elminate Wind Powder from True Lineage</name>
  </names>
  <category>Release Wind from Skin and Channels</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Disperses Wind and stops itching</summary>
      <indication>Skin eruptions from Wind-Damp (damp rash) or Wind-Heat (wind rash) contending with Damp-Heat inside</indication>
      <indication>Red, itchy lesions that weep or ooze and crust when scratched, sometimes over a large area of the body</indication>
      <indication>Severe, persistent itch, which heat, sweating or scratching can make worse</indication>
      <indication>Raised wheals that appear suddenly, move about and fade</indication>
      <indication>Flares with wind, heat or hot weather, or after foods such as fish and shellfish</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and drains Dampness</summary>
      <indication>Damp-Heat injuring the Spleen</indication>
      <indication>Thirst</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Cools and nourishes the Blood</summary>
      <indication>Tongue pink or red with a yellow or white, greasy coat; pulse floating, forceful and rapid, or soft and rapid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Eczema</indication>
      <indication>Atopic dermatitis</indication>
      <indication>Recalcitrant eczema with desquamation</indication>
      <indication>Urticaria</indication>
      <indication>Allergy rashes</indication>
      <indication>Allergic dermatitis</indication>
      <indication>Contact dermatitis</indication>
      <indication>Poison ivy</indication>
      <indication>Drug-induced dermatitis</indication>
      <indication>Rice-field dermatitis</indication>
      <indication>Psoriasis</indication>
      <indication>Neurodermatitis</indication>
      <indication>Neurological rashes</indication>
      <indication>Pruritus, which may be continuous</indication>
      <indication>Senile pruritus</indication>
      <indication>Itching in AIDS/HIV</indication>
      <indication>Prickly heat</indication>
      <indication>Diaper rash</indication>
      <indication>Skin diseases that worsen in hot weather</indication>
      <indication>Tinea infection</indication>
      <indication>Athlete&apos;s foot</indication>
      <indication>Scabies</indication>
      <indication>Acne</indication>
      <indication>Erysipelas</indication>
      <indication>Rubella</indication>
      <indication>Schonlein-Henoch purpura</indication>
      <indication>Blepharitis</indication>
      <indication>Balanoposthitis</indication>
      <indication>Genital warts</indication>
      <indication>Headache</indication>
      <indication>Gastralgia</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>jing jie</herb>
    <herb>fang feng</herb>
    <herb>niu bang zi</herb>
    <herb>chan tui</herb>
    <herb>cang zhu</herb>
    <herb>ku shen</herb>
    <herb>mu tong</herb>
    <herb>shi gao</herb>
    <herb>zhi mu</herb>
    <herb>sheng di huang</herb>
    <herb>dang gui</herb>
    <herb>hei zhi ma</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
  </constituents>
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