Herbs for external application

Question 1

Lu Gan Shi

Answer 1

Herbs for external application
stove sweet stone, calamine, hydrozincite

LV, ST
sweet, neutral

1. dries damp & generates flesh: acne, measles, chicken pox, poison oak/ivy, rashes. mosquito bites, puss from sores (+ huang bei)
2. brightens eyes, removes visual obstruction: red, swollen eyes (injury on sclera)

contra: external use only

Question 2

Liu Huang

Answer 2

Herbs for external application
sulfur yellow, sulfur

KI, LI, PC
sour, hot, toxic (test on inner elbow 24 hrs)

1. Resolves toxicity, kills parasite, stops itching: tinea, acne, festering sores (damp), ulcers (yin sores: damp, concave, weeping, chronic)
2. tonifies gate of vitality, strengthens yang (prepared) and reduces yin cold: painful low back/knees, impotence, asthma

contra: long term: injures yin
damp-heat
sulfur allergy: stevens-johnson syndrome: rash reaction (burning from inside out) better to use homeopathic version 6c)

Question 3

She Chuang Zi

Answer 3

Herbs for external application
snake’s bed seeds, cnidium seed, cnidium monnieri

KI
spicy, bitter, warm, sl toxic

1. dries damp, kills parasites, stop itching: topically as a wash, powder, ointment, weepy, itchy skin lesions, esp genital. scabies, tinea, eczema
2. disperses cold, dispels wind, dries damp: back pain, genital d/c
3. warms KI, fortifies yang: impotence, infertility

contra: damp-heat
yin def w/ heat

Question 4

Zhang Nao

Answer 4

Herbs for external application\

Camphor, cinnamomum camphora

HT, SP

spicy, hot, toxic

1. expels wind-damp & kills parasites: bi zheng, scabies, itching, sores
2. opens orifices and expels turbidity: (like Bing Pian): sinuses, congestion, delirium, sudden loss of consciousness
3. Invigorates blood, alleviates pain: Mo Yao, injuries, fall, fracture, contusion, sprains, pain, swelling

contra: pregnancy

deficiency

internal use

homeopathic remedies