Decoction for Cooling the Blood and Moistening Dryness，Formula from *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*; name cited in *Differential Diagnosis of Symptoms in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.，Pityriasis rubra pilaris: redness, scaling, and itching of the skin on the scalp, face, both elbows, and knees. Young adults with a constitutional predisposition to blood heat experience mental agitation; the five emotions transform into fire; blood heat transforms into dryness and generates wind, resulting in rough, scaly skin, flushing, and itching, with lesions appearing as if scraped by a file.
Decoction for Cooling the Blood and Moistening Dryness
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Formulas Name : Decoction for Cooling the Blood and Moistening Dryness
Chinese Name : 凉血润燥饮
Drug Formulation
30g of raw Rehmannia root, 9g of Moutan bark, 15g of Lithospermum root, 12g of Rubia root, 9g of Scutellaria root, 15g of Isatis leaf, 9g of Scrophularia root, 6g of Ophiopogon tuber, 9g of Dendrobium, 9g of Pollen, and 9g of Tribulus fruit.
Source
Formula from *Collected Clinical Experiences of Zhu Renkang*; name cited in *Differential Diagnosis of Symptoms in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.
Benefits
Pityriasis rubra pilaris: redness, scaling, and itching of the skin on the scalp, face, both elbows, and knees. Young adults with a constitutional predisposition to blood heat experience mental agitation; the five emotions transform into fire; blood heat transforms into dryness and generates wind, resulting in rough, scaly skin, flushing, and itching, with lesions appearing as if scraped by a file.
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Decoction for Cooling the Blood and Moistening Dryness,Pityriasis rubra pilaris: redness, scaling, and itching of the skin on the scalp, face, both elbows, and knees. Young adults with a constitutional predisposition to blood heat experience mental agitation; the five emotions transform into fire; blood heat transforms into dryness and generates wind, resulting in rough, scaly skin, flushing, and itching, with lesions appearing as if scraped by a file.