Hai Cang Dihuang Powder，*Thousand Gold Essential Prescriptions*，Clears internal heat, dispels external wind pathogens, cools the blood, nourishes yin, and clears the eyes of opacities. Indications: “Clustered Star” opacity, corneal opacities presenting as punctate opacities that may deepen into dendritic or map-like patterns; the affected eye is red, swollen, and painful, with a gritty, sandy sensation and discomfort; photophobia and aversion to light; profuse, hot tears; a red ring around the eye; or a white membrane obscuring the cornea;red tongue with a yellow coating, and a floating, rapid pulse. For corneal opacities such as “Star Cluster Opacity,” “Creamy Opacity,” “Mixed Opacity,” and “Epidemic Red Eye with Sudden Opacity”—where wind-fire ascends and heat predominates over wind—this formula may be modified as appropriate.
Hai Cang Dihuang Powder
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Formulas Name : Hai Cang Dihuang Powder
Chinese Name : 海藏地黄散
Drug Formulation
Rhubarb (roasted), prepared rehmannia root, scrophularia, sand garden tribulus,Saposhnikovia root, Eupatorium, Coptis (washed in wine, stir-fried), White Tribulus (thorns removed with a pestle), Rhinoceros horn (ground into powder) (when used in decoctions, may be substituted with 30 g of water buffalo horn powder), Raw Rehmannia root, Cicada exoskeleton (head and legs removed), Equisetum, Licorice (reduced by half), Sichuan Notopterygium, Akebia, and Angelica root—each in equal parts.
Source
*Thousand Gold Essential Prescriptions*
Benefits
Clears internal heat, dispels external wind pathogens, cools the blood, nourishes yin, and clears the eyes of opacities. Indications: “Clustered Star” opacity, corneal opacities presenting as punctate opacities that may deepen into dendritic or map-like patterns; the affected eye is red, swollen, and painful, with a gritty, sandy sensation and discomfort; photophobia and aversion to light; profuse, hot tears; a red ring around the eye; or a white membrane obscuring the cornea;red tongue with a yellow coating, and a floating, rapid pulse. For corneal opacities such as “Star Cluster Opacity,” “Creamy Opacity,” “Mixed Opacity,” and “Epidemic Red Eye with Sudden Opacity”—where wind-fire ascends and heat predominates over wind—this formula may be modified as appropriate.
Instructions for Use
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Take two qian per dose, mixed with soup made from boiled mutton liver.
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Hai Cang Dihuang Powder,Clears internal heat, dispels external wind pathogens, cools the blood, nourishes yin, and clears the eyes of opacities. Indications: “Clustered Star” opacity, corneal opacities presenting as punctate opacities that may deepen into dendritic or map-like patterns; the affected eye is red, swollen, and painful, with a gritty, sandy sensation and discomfort; photophobia and aversion to light; profuse, hot tears; a red ring around the eye; or a white membrane obscuring the cornea;red tongue with a yellow coating, and a floating, rapid pulse. For corneal opacities such as “Star Cluster Opacity,” “Creamy Opacity,” “Mixed Opacity,” and “Epidemic Red Eye with Sudden Opacity”—where wind-fire ascends and heat predominates over wind—this formula may be modified as appropriate.