Classical TCM formulas for the skin
Each formula page shows the role of every ingredient, the pattern the formula addresses, the skin conditions it is prescribed for, the safety limits, and how it differs from its nearest relatives.
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Ba Zhen Tang八珍汤
Rebuilds substance in skin that has gone pale, dry and thin, and helps tissue that heals slowly close. The picture is a depleted surface with a dull complexion, easy bruising and grazes…
Ba Zheng San八正散
Clears hot, red, damp lesions of the lower body by draining the Damp-Heat behind them out through the urine. The pattern is Heat and Dampness collecting low, so the skin is hot and angry…
Bai Hu Jia Gui Zhi Tang白虎加桂枝汤
Takes heat out of skin that is hot, red and stretched over a painful joint, easing the swelling with it. The pattern is strong Heat lodged in the channels: fever, thirst, a red tongue with…
Bai Hu Tang白虎汤
Cools skin that turns red, hot and flushed in high fever, and settles the mottled discolouration. The pattern is strong Heat at the Qi level: fever, profuse sweating, thirst, a forceful…
Bi Xie Fen Qing Yin萆薢分清饮
Settles damp, itchy lower-body skin with a cold quality, where the tissue looks pale and sodden. The pattern is a cold Kidney failing to separate the clear from the turbid, so turbid fluid…
Bi Xie Shen Shi Tang萆薢渗湿汤
Dries and cools red, itchy, weeping skin of the legs, feet and skin folds. The pattern is Damp-Heat settling low, producing skin that is both red and wet, macerated where surfaces meet and…
Bie Jia Jian Wan鳖甲煎丸
Works on old, hard, dusky tissue changed for years, softening what has set. The pattern is a chronic mass of Blood stasis, Phlegm and Cold on a depleted base, so the skin over it looks dark…
Bing Peng San冰硼散
Applied straight to a hot, painful lesion, this powder cools it, eases pain and dries the weeping. The pattern is toxic Heat in the tissue, as a mouth ulcer, inflamed gums or a small…
Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang补阳还五汤
Skin that has gone dusky, cold and slow to heal is what this formula restores, because it rebuilds the Qi that pushes Blood through the fine vessels. The pattern is stasis born of weakness…
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang补中益气汤
Skin that has lost tone, looks pale and thin and heals slowly is what this formula addresses, because it treats the failing Spleen Qi that should hold tissue up and rebuild it. The pattern…
Cang Fu Dao Tan Wan苍附导痰丸
Soft doughy lumps that move under the finger are what this formula softens, because it treats the Phlegm-Dampness that gathered them. The pattern is sluggish Qi and thick fluid rather than…
Chai Hu Shu Gan San柴胡疏肝散
Skin that itches or flares when tension builds, feeling tight rather than inflamed, is what this powder loosens, because it moves the Liver Qi whose constraint drives the flare. The pattern…
Da Bu Yin Wan大补阴丸
Dry thin skin that burns or flushes is what this pill treats, because it rebuilds the deep Yin whose absence let heat rise to the surface. The pattern is emptiness with fire: night sweats,…
Da Huang Zhe Chong Wan大黄䗪虫丸
Skin that has turned dusky, mottled or dry and withered is what this pill addresses, because it breaks stasis that has dried the Blood and depleted the surface. The pattern is deep and…
Dan Zhi Xiao Yao San丹栀逍遥散
Skin that flushes, burns or erupts when stress runs high is what this powder cools, because it treats constraint that has generated Heat. The pattern is stagnation with Heat: a bitter…
Dang Gui Di Huang Yin当归地黄饮
Dry, itchy skin on a depleted constitution, sometimes with small vesicles, is what this drink treats, because it rebuilds the Blood and Yin that keep the skin moist. The pattern is…
Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang当归六黄汤
Flushed skin that sweats through the night in a depleted person is what this formula addresses. The Heat comes from Yin and Blood deficiency, leaving the surface unheld so fluids escape…
Dang Gui Long Hui Wan当归龙荟丸
Hot red lesions in a strong, constipated person are what this formula targets, and it is reserved for that excess picture. The Fire has no downward outlet, so it rises and pushes out…
Dang Gui Si Ni Tang当归四逆汤
Cold, dusky skin on the hands and feet, slow to heal and prone to cracking in winter, is what this formula addresses. Blood is too thin to reach the periphery and Cold congeals what does…
Dang Gui Yin Zi当归饮子
Dry, rough, scaly skin that itches worse at night in a pale, tired person is what this formula addresses. Blood moistens the skin, so when Blood is low the surface dries and generates the…
Dao Chi San导赤散
Red, inflamed patches that flare with restlessness, thirst and broken sleep are the skin picture this small formula addresses. The Heat sits in the Heart channel, which shows on the tongue…
Di Dang Tang抵当汤
Fixed, dusky, hardened tissue that has resisted gentler treatment is the skin picture this formula is reserved for. The stasis is old and hard, which is why ordinary Blood-moving herbs do…
Di Huang Yin Zi地黄饮子
Thin, dry, cold skin with poor circulation and numbness in someone deeply worn down is what this formula addresses. Yin and Yang are both depleted, so the surface is dry for want of…
Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang独活寄生汤
Skin that has gone thick, numb and cold over a longstanding painful area is what this formula suits, where the tissue is weather-sensitive rather than hot and inflamed. Wind-Cold-Dampness…
Er Chen Tang二陈汤
Er Chen Tang takes the heaviness out of skin that has gone puffy, doughy and boggy, drying the fluid that leaves it soft and slow. The picture is a pale, often oily surface with soft cysts…
Er Miao San二妙散
Er Miao San is for skin that is wet and hot at once: red, itchy and weeping, or macerated where skin meets skin, and worse in heat and humidity. The picture collects low and in the folds,…
Er Zhi Wan二至丸
Er Zhi Wan works on skin that has lost its suppleness, where the dryness is thin, fine and settled rather than inflamed. It comes with thinning or greying hair, dry eyes and lower back…
Fang Feng Tong Sheng San防风通圣散
Fang Feng Tong Sheng San is for hot, angry skin on a robust body running hot, where itchy eruptions, hives or boils come with a red face, thirst and a bowel that has stopped moving. The…
Fu Yuan Huo Xue Tang复元活血汤
Fu Yuan Huo Xue Tang is for skin left dusky, swollen and tight after a blow, with purple bruising and pain that is fixed and worse on pressure. The picture is trapped Blood, not Heat: the…
Fu Zi Li Zhong Tang附子理中汤
Fu Zi Li Zhong Tang is for cold, pale, thin skin that is slow to close over, where a small injury or burn stays sensitive and tight long after it should. Underneath is deep Cold with…
Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan甘露消毒丹
Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan is for skin that breaks out during a Damp-Heat illness, when boils or inflamed follicles appear with a heavy head, a bitter taste and a thick yellow tongue coat. The skin…
Gua Lou Niu Bang Tang栝楼牛蒡汤
Gua Lou Niu Bang Tang is for the breast that turns hot, swollen and painful, with red, possibly cracked skin, and it works before an abscess forms. The pattern is Heat with Qi stagnation:…
Gui Pi Tang归脾汤
Skin that is pale, thin and slow to heal, bruising at the slightest knock and sometimes dotted with purpuric spots, is this tonic's picture. The root is a Spleen too tired to make Blood and…
Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan桂枝茯苓丸
Fixed, hard lumps under the skin that are not hot or red, dusky discolouration and old indurated lesions that will not resolve are what this pill is for. The lump is read as Blood congealed…
Gui Zhi Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang桂枝加龙骨牡蛎汤
Skin that is clammy or damp to the touch, dusky and poorly regulated on a thin, depleted person, is where this formula fits. The surface is not held, so sweat leaks and the spirit floats,…
Gui Zhi Ma Huang Ge Ban Tang桂枝麻黄各半汤
Urticaria or persistent itch that drifts in and out without much heat and never settles is the skin picture this formula suits. The surface is caught between open and closed, so the…
Gui Zhi Tang桂枝汤
Clammy or moist skin that feels cool, is wind-sensitive and breaks out in hives with sweating is the picture this formula is for. The surface is out of step rather than under attack: it…
Hai Zao Yu Hu Tang海藻玉壶汤
Firm nodules and congested lumps that sit in the skin without heat or redness, such as cystic indurated acne or lipomas, are what this formula softens. The nodule is read as Phlegm held by…
Huang Lian Jie Du Tang黄连解毒汤
Skin that is red, hot, swollen and painful, burning to the touch and spreading is what this formula is reserved for. Heat intense enough to damage tissue and form pus is read as toxicity,…
Huang Qi Gui Zhi Wu Wu Tang黄芪桂枝五物汤
Skin that feels numb, cool, thick or insensitive, or dry and cracked for lack of supply, is what this formula treats. Qi and Blood are failing to reach the surface, so the tissue is…
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San藿香正气散
Warms and dries skin that has gone cool, congested or mottled, where the surface feels heavy and shut down. The pattern is Damp-Cold in the middle and the surface at once, so the mottling…
Huo Xue Zhi Tong San活血止痛散
Settles dusky, swollen, bruised skin after an injury, where the tissue is dark, hard and sore to press. The pattern is Blood stasis left by the trauma, so colour drains from the area,…
Ji Sheng Shen Qi Wan济生肾气丸
Reduces cold, pale puffiness of the face and legs, where the skin looks waterlogged and feels chilled rather than hot. The pattern is a weak Kidney Yang that no longer drives water…
Jia Wei Xiao Yao San加味逍遥散
Settles itching, flushing and small flat spots that flare when life gets stressful, and calms scalp itch on the same trigger. The pattern is Liver Qi held in long enough to generate Heat on…
Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan金匮肾气丸
Warms skin that has gone cold, pale and puffy, where circulation is poor and patches feel numb or chilled. The pattern is Kidney Yang deficiency, so the surface loses its warmth, the urine…
Jin Huang Gao金黄膏
Cools a hot, red, swollen patch of skin, taking the heat and congestion out of a lesion not yet broken. The pattern is localised Toxic-Heat with Blood congested at the surface, so the…
Jing Fang Bai Du San荆防败毒散
Vents the first days of a rash or hives that arrive with chills, a clammy surface and an aching body. The pattern is Wind-Cold with Dampness at the surface, so the itch moves about, the…
Juan Bi Tang蠲痹汤
Loosens tight, numb, weather-sensitive tissue over stiff joints, where limbs feel heavy and the skin will not stretch. The pattern is Wind-Cold-Dampness lodged in the channels on thin Qi…
Lian Po Yin连朴饮
Skin that flares with a digestive episode is the target: greasy congested follicles, pustules and eruptions in the folds, with nausea, fullness and a bitter taste. Huang Lian and Zhi Zi…
Liang Xue Di Huang Tang凉血地黄汤
The skin picture is Heat in the Blood pushing out of the vessels: bright red or purpuric spots, easy bruising, sometimes bleeding from the nose or gums, a crimson tongue and a rapid pulse.…
Liang Xue Qing Fei Yin凉血清肺汤
The skin picture is facial: a red congested nose or cheeks with prominent capillaries and inflammatory oiliness, read as Lung Heat carried to the surface by the Blood. Sheng Di Huang, Mu…
Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang苓桂术甘汤
The skin picture is cool, clammy and puffy rather than red or dry: weeping eczema on a cold base, tissue that holds fluid, damp lesions that heal slowly. Fu Ling drains the fluid through…
Liu Jun Zi Tang六君子汤
The skin picture is puffy, doughy and congested, with a sallow or dusky complexion and a greasy tongue coat, alongside fatigue and poor digestion rather than heat. Ren Shen, Bai Zhu, Fu…
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan六味地黄丸
The skin is dry, thin and inelastic, with hair that thins or greys early and pigmentation that comes with age rather than inflammation. Shu Di Huang fills the Kidney Yin the moistening…
Liu Yi San六一散
The skin picture is the itchy eruption of hot humid weather: prickly heat, heat rash and early hot eruptions with heat signs, which the powder can also be applied to. Hua Shi, six parts of…
Long Dan Xie Gan Tang龙胆泻肝汤
The skin is hot, red and often wet: a band-like shingles eruption, genital itching or discharge with redness, or weeping eczema that feels hot, with a bitter taste or dark urine pointing to…
Ma Huang Fu Zi Xi Xin Tang麻黄附子细辛汤
Cold, pale, firm or tight skin in a cold and depleted person is the picture this formula treats. The Cold has settled because the Yang is too weak to push it out, so the tissue stays tight,…
Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang麻杏石甘汤
Hot, red, congested skin whose eruption will not vent is what this formula treats. Heat has moved into the Lungs and closed the Qi, so the rash stays locked in while the person is feverish,…
Pi Pa Qing Fei Yin枇杷清肺饮
Oily, congested facial skin with red papules and a greasy scalp is the skin picture here. The Lungs govern the skin, so Heat gathered there shows on the face and upper back as oiliness and…
Ping Wei San平胃散
Greasy, congested or doughy skin that sits on a damp middle is what this powder is aimed at. The Dampness has congested the Spleen and Stomach, so the tissue looks heavy and dull while the…
Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin普济消毒饮
Hot, red, swollen lesions on the head, face or neck are the presentation this formula was built for. Toxic Heat has gathered where the Yang channels rise, so the lesions are angry and…
Qi Bao Mei Ran Dan七宝美髯丹
Dry, thin skin that has lost tone and colour, with hair that has greyed or thinned early, is what this pill is used for. Liver and Kidney Essence and Blood have run low, and the renewal…
Qi Ju Di Huang Wan杞菊地黄丸
Dry, thin facial skin with pigmentation or dry plaques, in an older, depleted person, is where this pill belongs. Liver and Kidney Yin has declined, so the skin loses moisture while the…
Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang羌活胜湿汤
Congested, heavy, dusky skin that aches with the weather is what this light formula lifts. Wind-Dampness has settled in the upper body and surface after damp or cold exposure, so the head…
Qing Gong Tang清宫汤
A rash that appears in the middle of a severe febrile illness, with the mind clouded, is the only skin picture this formula belongs to. Shui Niu Jiao and Xuan Shen cool the Blood and reach…
Qing Wei San清胃散
Redness and greasy scaling around the mouth, nose and cheeks, with swollen or bleeding gums, is the facial picture this powder is for. Huang Lian clears Stomach Fire at its source, Sheng Ma…
Qing Wen Bai Du Yin清瘟败毒饮
A spreading rash or purpuric spots with high fever, a deep crimson tongue and a restless mind is the severe picture this large formula is for. Shi Gao clears Qi-level Heat while Shui Niu…
Qing Ying Tang清营汤
A faint rash of small red points with a fever worse at night, a dry mouth and broken sleep is what this decoction is for. Shui Niu Jiao and Sheng Di Huang cool the Blood and protect Yin,…
San Ren Tang三仁汤
Skin that feels oily, clammy and only mildly warm, with small papules slow to clear and heaviness that worsens in humid weather, is the damp picture this decoction is for. Xing Ren opens…
Sang Xing Tang桑杏汤
Dry, itchy skin on the face that arrives with a dry cough and throat, in autumn or after a mild illness, is the surface picture this light decoction suits. Sang Ye clears the little Heat…
Sha Shen Mai Men Dong Tang沙参麦门冬汤
Skin left dry, inelastic or patchily discoloured after a fever has passed, with a dry mouth, throat and lingering dry cough, is the recovery picture this gentle formula is for. Bei Sha…
Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang少腹逐瘀汤
Dusky, dark or purplish skin that feels cold and sits over fixed, cold pain in the lower abdomen is the stasis picture this formula warms and moves. Pu Huang, Wu Ling Zhi, Yan Hu Suo and Mo…
Shen Ling Bai Zhu San参苓白术散
The skin picture is pale, puffy and slow to heal, sometimes with an itch that comes with loose stools, rather than a red weeping eruption. Fu Ling leads as the herb that leaches Dampness…
Shen Tong Zhu Yu Tang身痛逐瘀汤
The skin is thickened, insensitive or tight over a chronically painful area, often dusky, where the change has built up slowly rather than as a fresh rash. Hong Hua leads a group of…
Sheng Mai San生脉散
The skin reads as dry, thin and easily flushed, with sweating that continues after exertion and a surface that does not seem to hold its moisture. Ren Shen restores the spent Qi that drives…
Shi Pi Yin实脾饮
The skin shows cold, pale, doughy swelling, most often of the face, ankles or limbs, that feels heavy rather than hot and red. Gan Jiang warms the middle as the leading herb, Zhi Fu Zi…
Shi Quan Da Bu Tang十全大补汤
The skin is thin, dry, cold and shrunken, with poor tone, easy bruising and wounds that close very slowly, so the tissue lacks both substance and warmth. Shu Di Huang leads by nourishing…
Si Jun Zi Tang四君子汤
The skin is pale, soft and slightly puffy, with poor tone and a tendency to hold fluid, and it heals slowly rather than erupting. Bai Zhu leads by strengthening the Spleen and drying…
Si Miao San四妙散
The skin is hot, red, itchy and weeping, settling low on the feet, ankles and lower legs, worse in heat and humidity. Huang Bo leads by clearing Heat and drying Dampness in the lower half,…
Si Miao Yong An Tang四妙勇安汤
The skin is dusky or purple, hot and swollen over an exquisitely painful toe or limb, and ulceration may threaten, so the tissue is damaged faster than it repairs. Jin Yin Hua and Xuan Shen…
Si Ni Jia Ren Shen Tang四逆加人参汤
Skin that stays cold, dusky or blue-tinged and slow to recover its colour after rewarming is the picture here, typically chilblain or frostbite tissue in a deeply depleted person. Zhi Fu Zi…
Si Wu Tang四物汤
Skin that is pale, dry and thin, with a dull complexion, slow healing and numbness, is the picture this formula is built for. Shu Di Huang and Bai Shao nourish the Blood and hold it in the…
Si Wu Xiao Feng Tang四物消风汤
Chronic dry itchy skin that scales and thickens, with itch worse at night or in dry weather, is the picture this formula addresses. Dang Gui, Sheng Di Huang, Chi Shao and Chuan Xiong…
Tao Hong Si Wu Tang桃红四物汤
Dusky, discoloured skin on a depleted base is the picture: dark patches and pigmentation, bruises that linger, and dry skin with poor tone that heals slowly. Shu Di Huang, Dang Gui, Bai…
Tiao Wei Cheng Qi Tang调胃承气汤
Facial flushing and heat eruptions of the rosacea type, where the bowel is sluggish, are what this formula addresses on the skin. Da Huang clears the Heat and moves the bowel, Mang Xiao…
Tong Qiao Huo Xue Tang通窍活血汤
Skin that has lost its normal colour or sensation through stasis, with a dusky or purple cast to the face and dark patches, is the picture here. She Xiang is used in a tiny dose to open the…
Tong Ru Dan通乳丹
Dry, cracked or slow-healing breast skin in a pale, tired mother, with soft rather than engorged breasts and no redness or heat, is the picture. Dang Gui in a large dose nourishes the Blood…
Tou Nong San透脓散
A firm, painful, indurated swelling with pus inside that will not come to a head or discharge, in a pale and tired person, is the picture here. Huang Qi and Dang Gui tonify the Qi and Blood…
Tuo Li Xiao Du San托里消毒散
Sores stay open because the person has little to heal with: the lesion drains thin fluid, the surrounding skin is pale, and it closes then breaks down again. Ren Shen and Huang Qi supply…
Wei Ling Tang胃苓汤
The skin is puffy, swollen or weeping, with fluid held in the tissue and the surface heavy. Ze Xie, Fu Ling and Zhu Ling drain the fluid out through the urine, Cang Zhu, Hou Po and Chen Pi…
Wu Tou Tang乌头汤
The skin is cold, pale, firm and tight, with fixed pain that is worse in cold weather and eased by warmth. Zhi Chuan Wu warms and unblocks the channels deeply, Ma Huang releases the surface…
Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin五味消毒饮
The skin is hot, red, swollen and painful, with a boil, carbuncle or infected patch that may discharge pus, often with fever and thirst. All five herbs are cold and clear Heat and resolve…
Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin仙方活命饮
The lesion is hot, red and swollen, still hard and not yet come to a head, with the skin tight over it and the outcome unsettled. Jin Yin Hua, Tian Hua Fen, Zhe Bei Mu and Zao Jiao Ci clear…
Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang香砂六君子汤
The skin is oily and congested rather than inflamed, on a digestion that feels full, belches and passes loose stools, with a greasy tongue coat. Ren Shen, Bai Zhu, Fu Ling and Gan Cao…
Xiao Feng San消风散
The skin is itchy, red and weeping; the itch moves and the lesions ooze or crust, worse with heat and stress. Jing Jie, Fang Feng, Niu Bang Zi and Chan Tui disperse the Wind that drives the…
Xiao Huo Luo Dan小活络丹
The skin and limbs are numb, cold and stiff, with fixed pain worse in cold weather and tissue that may thicken or lose feeling. Zhi Chuan Wu and Zhi Cao Wu, prepared aconites, warm and open…
Xiao Yao San逍遥散
The skin flares when life tightens: dull or uneven tone, plaques that redden after frustration, and pigmentation that deepens through stressful periods, often with bloating or irregular…
Xie Huang San泻黄散
Redness and cracking around the mouth, lips and nose, sometimes with sore lips and a yellow tongue coat, is the skin picture. Shi Gao clears the Heat while protecting fluids, Zhi Zi drains…
Xuan Bi Tang宣痹汤
The skin over a hot, swollen joint is red, shiny or tight, the limb feels heavy, and the fingers or toes may burn. Fang Ji and Yi Yi Ren drain Dampness from the channels, Hua Shi and Chi…
Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang血府逐瘀汤
The skin shows purplish, firm, tender patches that heal slowly, with bruises that linger longer than they should. Tao Ren, Hong Hua, Chi Shao, Chuan Xiong and Niu Xi break the settled…
Yang Xue Ding Feng Tang养血定风汤
The skin is dry, thin and itchy in a way that outlasts creams, worse at night and often thickened from scratching. Dang Gui, He Shou Wu, Tian Men Dong and Mai Dong rebuild the Blood and Yin…
Yang Yin Qing Fei Tang养阴清肺汤
The skin has turned dry, thin and inelastic, papery over the cheeks and hands, as the throat and mouth also dry. Sheng Di Huang and Mai Dong nourish the Yin that moistens the tissue, Xuan…
Yi Guan Jian一贯煎
The skin is dry and sensitive, flaring into rash when stress rises, often with a dry mouth and throat and a red thin tongue. Sheng Di Huang, Bei Sha Shen, Mai Dong and Gou Qi Zi restore the…
Yi Wei Tang益胃汤
The skin has lost its moisture after a fever, feeling dry and inelastic, with a dry mouth and throat that drinking does not relieve. Sheng Di Huang, Mai Dong, Bei Sha Shen and Yu Zhu…
Yi Yi Ren Tang薏苡仁汤
Skin that looks puffy and waterlogged, with swollen joints aching more in damp weather, is what this formula drains. Dampness predominates, so fluid sits in the tissue, the surface feels…
Yin Chen Hao Tang茵陈蒿汤
Skin that is greasy and inflamed, with a yellow greasy tongue coat, is what this formula clears, as in acne, seborrhoeic patches and mottled discolouration worsened by alcohol and fried…
Yin Qiao San银翘散
Skin that erupts in the first day or two of a hot illness, as an early rash or hives with a sore throat and fever, is what this powder is for. Wind-Heat is still at the surface, so the…
You Gui Wan右归丸
Cold, pale, thin skin with dusky extremities and slow healing is the picture this warming pill addresses. Kidney Yang and Essence are both low, so the body cannot warm the surface or renew…
You Gui Yin右归饮
Cold, pale skin that feels firm or tight with poor circulation is what this lighter decoction warms. Yang and Essence are depleted, so the tissue is poorly supplied, cold and slow to stay…
Yu Nu Jian玉女煎
Skin that flushes or reddens across the face, with dryness and heat, is what this formula cools from above while it rebuilds below. Stomach Heat is driving the flushing, the gum soreness…
Yu Ping Feng San玉屏风散
Skin that reacts to wind and drafts, breaks out in recurrent hives, or sweats without exertion is what this powder steadies. The surface is weak and leaky rather than under attack, so…
Zeng Ye Tang增液汤
Skin that is thin, dry, shrunken and has lost elasticity is what this three-herb formula rehydrates from within. The fluids are deeply depleted rather than the surface simply dry, so the…
Zhen Wu Tang真武汤
Skin that is cold, puffy and weeping is what this warming formula treats, because it moves fluid collected under a Yang deficiency. The picture is waterlogged: swollen tissue, cold limbs,…
Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan知柏地黄丸
Skin that is dry, warm to the touch, burning or flushing is what this pill treats, because it refills the deep Yin whose absence lets Heat rise to the surface. The pattern is emptiness with…
Zhi Dai Fang止带方
Skin that is hot, itchy and damp in the genital area or skin folds is what this formula clears, because it drains Damp-Heat from the lower body in the urine. The pattern is hot and turbid:…
Zuo Gui Wan左归丸
Skin that has thinned, dried and lost tone, or heals slowly, is what this pill rebuilds, because it fills the deep Yin and Essence that supply moisture and renewal. The picture is advanced…
Zuo Gui Yin左归饮
Thin, dry, itchy skin in an older person is what this gentle decoction moistens, because it refills the Yin and Essence that keep tissue supple. The pattern is deep dryness without a rash:…
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