Fu Fang Qing Dai Wan - Indigo Combo Pills
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Fu Fang Qing Dai Wan Herbal Formula Classifications and Usages
The herbal formula "fu fang qing dai wan" , 复方青黛丸, which in english is "indigo combo pills", is categorized within the "clear heat" functional grouping and within the "clear heat from the nutritive level and cool the blood" sub-category.
Of many possible clinical applications, it may be considered to influence the following issues/symptoms:
- Itching, rashes, general skin irritation especially of the type that moves around or is intermittent.
- Insect bites, allergic contact dermatitis, poison ivy/oak/sumac, sun burn.
Fu Fang Qing Dai Wan has some precautions to be considered (see our precautions list).
- Do not use for damp heat skin conditions such as boils or carbuncle.
Our shop contains fu fang qing dai wan from the following manufacturer:
View Fu Fang Qing Dai Wan - HBW
For many reasons such as availability, ecological choices, and/or price, each manufacturer or herbalist may well adjust the exact composition of a specific formula. Fu Fang Qing Dai Wan is generally comprised of the following herbs:
ViewBai Zhi (Angelica Root)
Expels wind-cold, dampness Opens nasal passages, sinus congestion (particularly with green discharge), alleviates pain (especially in the head region) Resolve wind-cold symptoms especially with hea…
ViewBan Lan Gen (Woad Root, Isatis Root)
Drains heat, relieves fire toxicity, cools the blood and benefits the throat - warm-febrile disease, mumps, painful swollen throat. Damp-heat jaundice.
ViewDan Shen (Salvia Root)
Invigorate blood, break up blood stasis in lower abdomen - dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, palpable masses, lochioschesis, pain due to blood stasis, chest/epigastric pain, soreness in the ribs due to liver…
ViewJin Yin Hua (Honeysuckle Flower, Lonicera)
Clear heat, relieve toxic fire - hot, painful swellings in the throat, breast, eyes; intestinal abscesses. Expel wind-heat - fever, aversion to wind, sore throat, headache; also for summer-heat. Cl…
ViewKu Shen (Sophora Root)
Clears heat, dries dampness - dysentery, leukorrhea, jaundice, sores. Expels wind, kills parasites, stops itching - for damp toxin skin lesions or infestations with chronic itching, seepage, and ble…
ViewLian Qiao (Forsythia Fruit)
Clear heat and toxins, dissipates nodules - carbuncles and hot sores, neck lumps. Expel wind-heat - fever, slight chills, sore throat, headache.
ViewTu Fu Ling (Glabrous Greenbrier Rhizome, Smilax)
Relieves toxicity, eliminates dampness - joint pain, lin syndrome, jaundice. Clears damp-heat from the skin - recurrent ulcers or hot skin lesions, syphilis.
Fu Fang Qing Dai Wan may potentially be used, in coordination with a well tailored overall approach, to influence the following conditions: itching, mumps, psoriasis and/or skin problems (rash)
As noted above, fu fang qing dai wan is within the clear heat functional group. And it appears within the sub-category "clear heat from the nutritive level and cool the blood", which contains the following formulas:
ViewFu Fang Zhen Zhu An Chuang Wan (Margarite Acne Pills)
Cystic acne, pimples. Skin irritation due to damp heat - eczema, boils, carbuncles, etc. With appropriate diagnosis can be used for acute dermatitis, poison ivy/oak.
All formulas in the primary category of "clear heat" are listed below.
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